Arrests in Chinese slavery case

[Coventina]

Source: BBC

Police in eastern China have arrested 10 people suspected of beating mentally disabled people forced to work as slaves in brick factories.

State media said the brick kiln owner had bought 32 such people and forced them to work without pay.

The victims, aged between 25 and 45, were freed in a police raid in April.

The case echoes a scandal in 2007, when more than 1,000 labourers - including children were found working in brutal conditions in central Shanxi province.

Following that scandal, China announced a nationwide crackdown on enslavement and child labour.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8063038.stm

[notadmblnd]

1. and multi national corporations wonder why US labor can't compete with other countries

and it aint just china using slave labor either.

[valerief]

2. The U.S. gets its slave labor from its prisons. nt

[Rebubula]

4. Citation, please

What labor? Road cleanup? License Plates?

[proteus_lives]

3. Pricks.

There's a special place in hell for people who use and abuse children and the mentally disabled.

"Following that scandal, China announced a nationwide crackdown on enslavement and child labour."


*Except when the Chinese government does it. :eyes: