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Masters of kiln forced laborers go on trial in Shanxi (2) |
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08:20, July 05, 2007 |
Zhang Wenlong, 19, is claiming for 500,000 yuan (65,800 U.S. dollars). "My son was kidnapped and taken to the kiln and forced to work there against his will," said the father of Zhang, who is still in hospital with severe burns.
Public prosecutors alleged that Heng Tinghan, a native of central China''s Henan Province, and Wang Bingbing, owner of Santiaogou brick kiln in Caosheng Village, Hongtong County began their cooperation in 2006. Heng and Wang agreed that Heng would beresponsible for labor and production at the brick kiln owned by Wang.
In the weeks that followed, Heng lured 32 rural laborers from railway stations in Zhengzhou in Henan and Xi''an in Shaanxi as well as Yuncheng in Shanxi Province, promising to help them find jobs, and then forced them to work in the brick kiln at Hongtong County of Shanxi Province.
The workers, whose ages ranged from 14 to 58, were from 12 regions across China. There were seven mentally handicapped peopleamong them.
Heng Tinghan assigned the task of supervising the forced laborers to his son, Heng Mingyang, and two other men, Zhao Yanbing and Liu Dongsheng.
The laborers were forced to work long hours on poor food and nopay. Dogs were used to prevent them from escaping. Many received burns and other injuries working in the hot kiln.
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