Dozens of slave workers reported freed in China
March 20th, 2008Men with disabilities forced to work as slaves at a building site
Chinese police have rescued 33 mentally disabled people forced to work at a building site by slave labor merchants after the apparent suicide of a detainee alerted authorities, a newspaper said on Thursday.
The case in Hulan, a city in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, echoes a major scandal involving more than 1,000 people forced to work in brutal conditions at brick kilns in Shanxi province last year.
… At least three people were detained, suspected of keeping the slaves.
College students reportedly saw a man jump to his death from a seventh-floor window, and raised the alarm.
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