The US trial of an Emirati naval officer accused of confining a Filipina servant to his home in Rhode Island began yesterday.
The officer, Col Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al Ali, who was studying at a US naval college, pleaded not guilty to visa fraud and lying to officials.
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