Four indicted over allegations of labor exploitationBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterAuthorities have indicted four people for allegedly docking Vietnamese workers half of their monthly wage, including a Vietnamese woman naturalized in Taiwan, Diao Yu-hong (刁予弘), who headed up labor placement companies. Vietnamese workers involved in a labor exploitation case sit in a police station in Taichung in an undated photograph. The Vietnamese workers told prosecutors that they believed they were working legally in Taiwan and did not know Diao’s actions were illegal, Chang said. When they complained about receiving only half of the promised wage, Diao threatened to have them deported, as her company had confiscated their passports and personal papers, Chang said. Prosecutors have requested a severe punishment for Diao over her egregious offenses and human exploitation, he said.

Source: Taipei Times January 28, 2021 15:56 UTC