By Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe Kaohsiung branch of the Taiwan High Court yesterday reversed a guilty verdict and acquitted the owners of Chan Shen Country Food Co, a tofu processing factory in the city, in a case of alleged exploitation of migrant workers. The Kaohsiung Labor Affairs Bureau had previously imposed a NT$1.2 million (US$40,126 at the current exchange rate) fine on the company. The case has received much media coverage, as it involved the alleged mistreatment and financial exploitation of three foreign migrant workers, breaches of labor law and collusion with a labor brokerage agency. The investigation found that the owners did not restrict the movement of the migrant workers, and that all three of them had cellphones to make calls, the court said. The court also found that the migrant workers’ treatment at work and their wages were comparable to those of Taiwanese working similar factory jobs.

Source: Taipei Times May 17, 2018 15:56 UTC