Mentally disabled and/or mentally ill men from Sichuan have been sold to do manual labour in Xinjiang, according to articles appearing in Danwei, the Chongqing Business News, the Tibet Business Daily and the Global Times.
A total of 11 workers, including eight mentally disabled people, were found to be working in appalling conditions at the Jiaersi Green Construction Material Chemical Factory in Toksun county, the Xinjiang Metropolitan newspaper reported.
According to the report, the workers have allegedly been confined to the factory, toiling for at least three years without being paid or given any protective uniforms or equipment. And authorities said the workers were forced to live in shabby conditions, not given showers for years and fed the same food as the boss' dogs.
A man in Sichuan Province has been arrested in connection with the case.
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