Two brothers who admitted imprisoning and beating workers at their illegal brickyard in Sha’anxi have each been sentenced to just 18 months and 12 months…in jail - even after an elderly brickyard worker died of exhaustion and heat stroke… This latest case of forced labour is remarkably similar to the illegal brickyard cases that caused such scandal two years ago, and indicates that the authorities are still not taking the problem seriously. The two brothers…primarily targeted deaf-mutes and beggars...and tricked and coerced them into working at the brickyard. Once inside the brickyard, the victims were locked in...They were threatened with violent beatings if they did not work hard or attempted to escape.