********* Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 09:43:47 -0700 (PDT) From: "Tuyet A. N. Tran" <tatn2000at_private> Subject: Fwd: Re: Samoa report To: declanat_private Hi Declan, I thought you might enjoy knowing that your politech-bot list in a roundabout way connecting some people who provide help and release a group of Vietnamese laborers from their indentured status. A few months past, one of your subscribers [American] contacted me asking if I knew of any VN-American organizations that could help addressing his concern for a group of Vietnamese laborers who had been hired and sent to work in the Samoa Island [as it turned out, they didn't get pay for quite some time]. The upshot was that he managed to alert quite a few official authorities from State-side to report this situation. The story was finally reported in mainstream news media earlier this month. Surprisingly there are more to this incident since it's not exactly an isolated case. My only humane civic duty is to now share this update with you, that's all. Tuyet -----SNIP -------------------------------------------- --- "Calument Ind. Svc." wrote: > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 11:04:13 -1000 > From: "Calument Ind. Svc." > Organization: tinka > Subject: Re: Samoa report > > Hi Tuyet, > > Just a follow up. Over the past few weeks the > Federal Bureau of > Investigation conducted an exhaustive inquiry into > allegations and fact > based on a report delivered to the Department of > labor re: Daewoosa > Garment Manufacturer's workplace policy. > > As a result more than 100 of the women requested and > received asylum > into the United States. They were fearful that > returning to Viet Nam > would bring reprisals for their opposition to the > Tourist 12 company's > labor practices. (Tourist 12 is the VN government's > labor export business.) > > The owner of Daewoosa, Kil Soo Lee was arrested here > and transported to > Hawaii where he was charged and is now held without > bail for the crimes > of fostering involuntary servitude. > > More charges and arrests may be made locally if > allegations that local > government officials abetted the labor policy by > allowing certain > practices to continue even though they understood > the violations in progress. > From Pago Pago, American Samoa John Wasko ====================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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