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Police rescue 548 slave workers
www.chinanews.cn 2007-06-16 17:43:54
(Source;Xinhua)
Taiyuan, June 16 - Police in Shanxi Province rescued another 80 slave
laborers at brick kilns and other illegal workplaces, said a public
security official on Friday.
To date 331 people, including nine children, were freed in Shanxi,
bringing the total number of slave workers rescued in China to 548,
including 217 freed in the neighboring Henan Province.
Shanxi has mobilized more than 14,000 police officers to raid more than
2,500 brick kilns, coal and iron mines across the province, according to
Du Yulin, director with the provincial public security bureau.
The local government is contacting the families and the hometowns of the
victims.
Twenty-four suspects have been detained.
Du said authorities have been given a deadline of 10 days to investigate
every brick kiln, coal mine, iron kiln and interview every worker
personally.
Du asked local authorities to crack down on illegal kiln owners and other
criminals with a firm hand and punish officials according to law.
If local officials fail to save all the people before the deadline, they
will face chargers of dereliction of duty, Du warned.
Shanxi launched a crackdown on Friday cracking on illegal workplaces. As
of July 15, enterprises must have legal business licenses and migrant
workers must register at public security bureaus, said Jin Shanzhong,
deputy governor of Shanxi.
Employers must provide necessary working and living facilities for their
employees and pay salaries on time. No beatings, overtime work, or child
workers are allowed, he said.
Wang Dongji, Party branch secretary of Caosheng Village, is being
investigated after his son was found to be an owner of the illegal brick
kiln which forced 32 people to work under extremely cruel conditions.
Other county-level officials involved in the case are also being
investigated.
Wang Bingbing, the kiln owner, and three taskmasters have been detained.
Police are hunting for three other suspects in five provinces.
Police have rescued 31 people from slavery at the kiln. One worker was
allegedly beaten to death last November.
China's central government will send a team of investigators to look into
the use of "slave labor" at illegal brick kilns in central China, which
has raised great concerns among the public.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MLSS), which will head the
team, said preliminary investigations show the incident may involve
abducted and forced labor.
"The team will find out the truth as soon as possible, and we will go all
out to rescue the workers who had been forced to work as slaves in the
brick kilns," said Sun Baoshu, deputy minister of MLSS, on Friday.
"The criminal offenders will be dealt with to safeguard the legal
interests of the workers," Sun said.
��More than 200 rescued from brick kiln slavery
��1,000 children worked as child labors in coal mines in Shanxi
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