JOINT OPERATION: A poultry slaughterhouse hired the illegal workers to meet increasing demand and made them work at nights to avoid detection, officials said

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 28, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Law enforcement officials on Monday detained 22 foreign workers who had been working illegally at a slaughterhouse in Taipei, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said yesterday.

The workers, 18 of whom had fled their legal employers and four who had overstayed their visas, were caught during a raid conducted by Taipei prosecutors, investigators and Coast Guard Administration authorities, Deputy Captain Shih Chao-yi (施昭儀) of the NIA’s Taipei Service Center told a news conference.

In all, 119 law enforcement agents took part in the raid, acting on a tip-off received early this month, Shih said.

The slaughterhouse owner employed the workers to meet increased demand for poultry during the 228 Peace Memorial Day holiday, investigators said.    [FULL  STORY]