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Undercover activist detained at Ivanka Trump shoe supplier
4 hours ago
From the section China
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Ivanka Trump shoes made in China are thought to have been among the products
manufactured at this factory
An activist investigating a Chinese supplier for Ivanka Trump-branded shoes
has been detained, his wife says.
Hua Haifeng was working undercover for the US-based China Labor Watch (CLW),
which said he had witnessed examples of forced overtime and wage violations.
Two other activists involved in the investigation are missing, CLW said.
According to the group, the supplier also makes products for other Western
brands including Karl Lagerfeld, Coach and Nine West.
CLW called on US President Trump to press for the release of Mr Hua.
There has been no comment so far from Chinese authorities, the Trump
administration or the Ivanka Trump brand.
'I was shocked'
CLW said Mr Hua was detained in Jiangxi province on suspicion of illegally
using eavesdropping equipment but that this had "no factual basis".
The group's executive director, Li Qiang, told the BBC the firm Mr Hua had
been investigating, Huajian Group, had "violated workers' rights in ways
that included: forced overtime, wages lower than China's legal minimum wage,
managers' verbal abuse of workers, and violations of women's rights".
In 17 years of investigating Chinese factories it was "the first time any
our investigators have been detained under a criminal process," Mr Li said.
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Coach is said to be another brand produced at the factory
Mr Hua's wife told the BBC she had lost contact with him on 28 May, but then
police contacted her on Tuesday to say he was being held.
"I was shocked and freaked out," Deng Guimian said.
"I only know that my husband was investigating a factory based in Ganzhou,
Jiangxi province. That factory manufactures US president's daughter's
product," she said.
"I think he was detained for that. Police told me that my husband has been
detained for illegal monitoring activities."
The other two men - named as Li Zhao and Su Heng - were working undercover
at Huajian factories in Dongguan in Guangdong province and in Ganzhou.
China has seen frequent crackdowns on labour rights activists and rights
lawyers in recent years, with campaigners being harassed, arrested or jailed
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