BYD contractor denies ‘slavery-like conditions’ claims by Brazilian authorities

SHANGHAI/BEIJING —  Jinjiang Group, a contractor for Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, said Thursday that Brazilian authorities’ portrayal of their employees as “enslaved” was inconsistent with the facts and that there were translation misunderstandings. Brazilian labor authorities had on Wednesday said they found 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like conditions” at a construction site for a BYD-owned factory in Brazil’s Bahia state. BYD said then that it had cut ties with the firm that hired the workers and was working with authorities. “Being unjustly labeled as ‘enslaved’ has made our employees feel that their dignity has been insulted and their

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