…This 28-year-old young man who was working at a pig farm in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province, took his own life on Feb. 22, 2025. He had only been in the country for six months on an E-9 work permit.

Tulsi’s coworkers bore witness to what they said had been constant bullying by his boss and crew leader.

Numerous workers had left the pig farm even before Tulsi’s death. One worker changed jobs after being assaulted by the boss and filed a complaint with an employment center. But nothing was done to address the situation.

When representatives from the Migrants’ Trade Union visited the pig farm on Feb. 24 to talk to the boss, workers were eager to talk about what they were going through. The video went viral on social media and was covered in major media back in Nepal…

On March 12, the Ministry of Employment and Labor raided the pig farm on charges that workers had been assaulted and that their wages had been withheld….

Tulsi joined the farm, where some 3,000 pigs are being bred, in August 2024. The intensity of the work, and the brutal treatment of the workers, were almost unimaginable…