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China tries 26 people related to brick kiln slave labor scandal (2) |
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21:45, July 11, 2007 |
The judges did not reach a verdict on Wednesday.
The use of forced laborers hit the headlines after more than 400 parents in central China''s 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.
By June 22, 359 people, including 12 children, had been rescued from illegal brick kilns in Shanxi and police had arrested 38 people. Police in Henan rescued 217 people, including 29 children, and arrested 120 people in a four-day crackdown.
On Tuesday, three managers of two illegal brick kilns went on trial in Xiangning and Xiangfen counties in connection with the forced labor scandal.
Source: Xinhua
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