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Seven more stand trial in China over forced labor scandal (2) |
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21:50, July 13, 2007 |
Kiln boss Wang Bingbing, foreman Heng Tinghan and employees Zhao Yanbing, Heng Mingyang and Liu Dongsheng are still being tried by the Intermediate People''s Court of Linfen City of Shanxi Province.
Courts in different cities and counties of Shanxi have so far tried another 29 people in connection with the forced labor scandals. They faced charges such as forcing laborers to work for them in unspeakable conditions and intentionally injuring other people.
To date, no verdicts have been reached.
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.
Source: Xinhua
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