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Article

9 Dec 2001

Author:
Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News/Pacific Islands Report

Garment worker tells U.S. Congress of beatings, abuse in American Samoa

A former garment worker at Daewoosa Samoa in American Samoa has testified before a U.S. Congressional panel about alleged slave conditions and sexual abuse. The congressional panel was reviewing the implementation of the 2000 law to curb human trafficking and servitude in the U.S. Daewoosa Samoa owner Kil-Soo Lee, jailed in Honolulu, is facing federal charges under this law.