BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese electric car producer Jinjiang Group said on Thursday that Brazilian authorities' portrayal of its employees as enslaved is completely inconsistent with the facts.
“Unjustly describing them as 'enslaved' made our employees feel that their dignity was insulted and their human rights were violated, seriously hurting the dignity of the Chinese people. We have signed a joint letter to express our true feelings,” Jinjiang said in a statement. Its official Weibo account (NASDAQ:).
Brazilian authorities previously said they found 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like conditions” at a construction site for a factory owned by BYD.