Migrant workers from Myanmar gesture defiantly for the media before entering the Don Muang District Court on Wednesday to face defamation charges by Thammakaset Co chicken farm. (AFP photo)The Don Muang District Court began a defamation trial on Wednesday against 14 Myanmar migrant workers who accused a Thai chicken farm of labour abuses - a case rights groups say is an effort to silence whistleblowers. On Wednesday the migrant workers arrived at a Bangkok court for the start of the three-day trial. Thailand has a grim reputation for exploiting the millions of migrant workers who staff the country's fishing fleets, farms and factories but are reportedly treated like second-class citizens. Workers from Myanmar, which borders Thailand to the west, make up the majority of foreign labourers.

Source: Bangkok Post February 07, 2018 07:31 UTC