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Article

1 Dec 2006

Author:
Robert Verkaik, Independent [UK]

Bank [ING] embroiled in race tribunal over curry taunt [UK]

A vice-president at a leading City bank has accused one of her bosses of discrimination after he used the name of a curry dish to refer to an Indian member of staff. Meena Sagoo, 42, who is bringing a £100,000 claim for racial discrimination against ING Services Ltd, also claims Asian workers were victimised because one of the bank's executives treated them as if they were members of the same Indian family. It is the second race claim faced by ING this year. Last week Allan Ho, 29, won his claim for racial discrimination against the bank after he told a tribunal that managers referred to him as an "oriental sex god" who needed to be "soundly beaten"...In a statement yesterday, ING denied discrimination...[also refers to discrimination lawsuits against Deutsche Bank and HSBC]