Just days after it was reported that 163 Chinese workers had to endure slave-like conditions at the construction site for a BYD factory in Brazil, it’s been revealed the country has stopped issuing temporary work visas for China’s largest car manufacturer in response to the accusations.
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice has revealed that, in addition to taking visas of flight transitory paintings, it will revoke any residence that is issued to Chinese staff if you discover that the situations of executing are as bad as the statements of the local hard hard work prosecutor.
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The Department of Justice seems to have been informed about the investigation, such as unidentified resources, they told Reuters that he had asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to suspend the transient visas on December 20, 3 days before prosecutors announced their findings .
The local government claims that the businessman Jinjiang Group, in the structure of the new Brazilian factory in Byd, employs staff who work in “conditions close to slavery. ” He indicates that he is housed in very small dormitories, without mattresses, with limited kitchen appliances and that there is only one bathroom for 31 employees. Prosecutors also said the passports of 107 employees were confiscated through the businessman.
Government officials also claim that “pots containing ready-made foods were discovered open on the floor, exposed to soil and unrefrigerated, to be attended to the next day. ” It has also been reported that 60% of their salaries have been taken away and they have clashed. “Excessive prices to terminate their contracts. “
At the end of last week, BYD officials and Jinjiang’s group denied the accusations. Veneral staff on the site also appeared in a shared video on social networks through Jinjiang, in which they said that they “appreciated” their paintings and sought to continue running the site they also said that the company had its passports to request a permit of transient paintings that simply do not download on their own.
Following the revelations, BYD said it had terminated its contract with Jinjiang and moved workers to nearby hotels for the time being.