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5 Aug 2014

Author:
Se Young Lee, Reuters

Samsung to do 30% less business with Chinese supplier after child labour found at factory

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"Samsung Electronics to pass fewer orders to China supplier in child labour response", 5 Aug 2014

Samsung Electronics...said it will do 30 percent less business with a parts supplier after uncovering employment of child workers at the China-based firm...In July Samsung... suspended business with Dongguan Shinyang Electronics...(part of Shinyang Engineering), after...China Labor Watch said it found at least five child workers without contracts..."Samsung has decided to still take measures against Dongguan Shinyang to hold the supplier responsible for failing to monitor its subcontractors, in accordance with Samsung's zero tolerance policy on child labour," the...[company] said...A third-party firm supplying workers had brought in child labourers to Dongguan Shinyang around the end of June with forged identification after Samsung completed its audit, said a Shinyang Engineering official, adding that there are no child workers at Dongguan Shinyang now...The official told Reuters that Dongguan Shinyang will resume supplying parts to Samsung on Tuesday - less than a month after the initial suspension

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