What a very terrible experience that you have had with this employer of yours and the private sector and if I were to be in your situation I don't think I will be able to work more than two months if my salary was being withheld by my employer as I do not have patience when you come to my salary.I once had a terrible experience with an employer in the private sector, who with all the terrible ways I was treated, deemed it fit to withhold my salary for a nonexistent offence. The day I shook off that job I had absolute peace of mind and now I look forward to crossing path with that boss again. It has been almost 9 years now.