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Another three managers of illegal brick kilns go on trial in north
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20:42, July 10, 2007 |
Three managers of two illegal brick kilns went on trial on Tuesday in north China's Shanxi Province in connection with the forced labor scandal exposed in early June.
Liu Yalong was accused of paying Li Fengmin a fee of 600 yuan (79 U.S. dollars) per person for introducing 17 migrant workers from neighboring Henan province, including five mentally disabled ones, to the brick kiln he ran, the Xiangning County People''''s Court heard.
Liu was also accused of hiring Yan Zhencang and two other foremen to supervise the workers and force them to work 12 hours a day without any payment, according to the court.
Liu''''s brick kiln was accused of beating workers.
Liu was also accused of building an unlicensed brickyard in another village in Xiangning county in March 2002 and contracting it out to others, the court said.
In a separate court, Su Sanhu was accused of illegally operating a brickyard in Nanwang village in Xiangfen county, the Xiangfen People''''s Court heard.
The three defendants, Liu, Yan and Su, confessed to the courts that they ran the unlicensed brickyards. The courts will mete out sentences for the three in a later date.
The forced labor scandal hit the headlines after more than 400 parents in Henan Province posted a call-for-help letter on the internet last month, saying their missing children had been sold to small brick kilns in Shanxi and Henan as forced laborers.
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