Men probing Ivanka Trump brands in China arrested, missing

[Ilsa]

Men probing Ivanka Trump brands in China arrested, missing

https://apnews.com/498598e0ec9c479bbbbd5055c3cf3eef

By ERIKA KINETZ
16 minutes ago
SHANGHAI (AP) — A man investigating working conditions at a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes has been arrested and two others are missing, the arrested man’s wife and an advocacy group said Tuesday.

Hua Haifeng was accused of illegal surveillance, according to his wife, Deng Guilian, who said the police called her Tuesday afternoon. Deng said the caller told her she didn’t need to know the details, only that she would not be able to see, speak with or receive money from her husband, the family’s breadwinner.

China Labor Watch Executive Director Li Qiang said he lost contact with Hua Haifeng and the other two men, Li Zhao and Su Heng, over the weekend. By Tuesday, after dozens of unanswered calls, he had concluded: “They must be held either by the factory or the police to be unreachable.”

China Labor Watch, a New York-based nonprofit, was planning to publish a report next month alleging low pay, excessive overtime and the possible misuse of student interns. It is unclear whether the undercover investigative methods used by the advocacy group are legal in China. SNIP

There is a lot more in the article. "The Ivanka Trump brand declined to comment for this story."

[joeybee12]

1. Ivanka made a few phone calls

Pure evil like her father

[Lyricalinklines]

2. China protecting the tRumps?

Unsurprising "perk of the job" I supposed.

[Ilsa]

3. Protecting the trumps, protecting the

Business of exploiting any and all workers that they can.

[Lyricalinklines]

4. Yes! You're correct!

I agree with your statement and appreciate your attentiveness. Any and all workers need the dignity of safe working environment as well as returning home afterward, intact and safe. I was being narrow and short sighted. Ty, Ilsa!

[JI7]

5. that's what they wish they could do in the US

[JI7]

6. Kathy Lee Gifford got a lot of attacks with the sweatshop issue

but in her case she didn't knwo and when she found out she advocated for laws to do something about it.

[Ilsa]

7. Yep, she and Frank wrote a lot of checks

to the workers and personally handed them out to make sure they got them. They did the right thing. The bad publicity killed her clothing line, though, but I suspect she was okay with that by then.