Righteous indignation: Rights campaigners staging a protest coinciding with the launch of the new iPhone 6s outside an Apple store in Hong Kong. Apple was urged to act as rights campaigners said a Chinese touchscreen glass supplier to the smartphone giant was exploiting factory workers.
HONG KONG: A labour rights group marked the launch of Apple’s latest iPhone with a report accusing one of the smartphone giant’s Chinese suppliers of exploiting factory workers.
Hong Kong-based Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) say Lens Technology, which makes touchscreen glass, used forced overtime, withheld wages and risked workers’ health after a months-long investigation into three of its factories.
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