(China) 1,340 saved from forced labor (367 of whom were mentally handicapped)

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Source: China Daily

By Hu Yinan (China Daily)

A total of 1,340 people, 367 of whom were mentally handicapped, have been rescued from forced labor since the brick kiln scandal was exposed in June, a joint investigation group said yesterday.

During a campaign to crack down on illegal kilns, mines and workshops, 277,000 work units employing 12.67 million workers were inspected, Sun Baoshu, vice-minister of Labor and Social Security and head of the investigation group, said.

The group was made up of staff from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Security and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

Police found that 67,000, or 24.2 percent of kilns, mines and workshops inspected nationwide were operating without licenses.


Read more: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/14/content_6025069.htm

[Javaman]

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