Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/18
By: Chen Chi-feng and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Sept. 18 (CNA) Prosecutors on Monday formally charged 19 employees from

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severtal Kaohsiung-based fishing companies with the exploitation of 81 foreign fishermen for having them work long hours for low wages and holding them captive.

In an indictment handed down by the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office, the 19 individuals, including a manager surnamed Lin, have been accused of exploitation, human trafficking and offenses against personal liberty.

The charges stem from the companies paying the foreign workers less than the minimum wage, having them work excessive overtime, and keeping them confined to small, windowless rooms without the freedom to leave, prosecutors said in the indictment.    [FULL  STORY]