Man says he tied migrant worker to forklift for ‘giggling’


A local man who tied a Sri Lankan migrant worker to a forklift at a brick factory in Naju, South Jeolla Province, told police he did so because the worker “let out a giggle”, according to a human rights group.

A migrant worker’s human rights network based in South Jeolla Province said yesterday the suspect told investigators: “I told him to teach his colleague well, but he let out a giggle, so I did that.”

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