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4 Sep 2012

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Samsung to inspect its China suppliers

South Korean's Samsung Electronics says it will make on-site inspections of all its suppliers in China to ensure compliance with applicable labor laws. The announcement after the New York-based labor rights group China Labor Watch alleged last month that HEG Electronics, a Samsung supplier in Huizhou in Guangdong province-had employed children under the age of 16...Samsung said an earlier investigation of working conditions at HEG identified workers under the age of 18 at the facility but they were student workers or interns over the age of 16, whose presence is legal in China.

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China: Samsung to make on-site inspections of all its suppliers, following earlier allegations of child labour

China Labor Watch report re alleged use of child labour in Samsung supplier factory