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Article

19 Apr 2010

Author:
Tom Mellen, Morning Star [UK]

Microsoft bosses told 'child slavery' must end

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…The state-owned China Daily quoted Dongguan...officials...as saying that KYE Systems management had presided over illegal and inhuman working conditions at its Kunying and Xieying facilities…The DHRB launched an investigation into conditions at the factories after the...National Labor Committee...published a report last week accusing Microsoft of super-exploiting teenagers as "slave labour..." Kunying general manager Li Jiongliang blasted the...report as "pure slander," saying that it "must have something to do with the Sino-American trade friction"...Microsoft pledged to "take appropriate action if we find the factory is not adhering to our standards."