Wiener War Of Words

Bangladesh immigrant, Munnu Dewan, served unsanitary hot dogs and received a $300 fine. He appeared before the city’s Environmental Control Board. Because of language difficulties, neither side really seemed to understand the other. He appealed his case to the New York Supreme Court which ruled that he was entitled to a new hearing with a translator so he could understand the charges against him. Shouldn't he have thought to bring his own translator to court in a foreign country with a foreign language? Wouldn't you? Only in America... and New York City.

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