'Forced labour' rife in electronics factories

comments     Trinna Leong, Reuters     Published     Updated

Nearly a third of some 350,000 workers in Malaysia’s electronics industry - a crucial link in the international consumer supply chain - suffer from conditions of modern-day slavery such as debt bondage, according to a study funded by the US Department of Labor.

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