Tianjin Electric Power Construction (TEPC), part of China Energy Engineering Group

The Chinese contractor on the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin which, according to Linglong, hired around 500 Vietnamese workers housed in barracks. Their passports were taken from them on arrival and returned only under public pressure. The A11 Initiative filed criminal complaints against those responsible at TEPC and Linglong on suspicion of the unlawful deprivation of liberty of some thirty workers.

Affairs

  • Linglong granted permit despite hazardous chemicals
  • Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin: According to Linglong, it hired the Vietnamese workers whose employer confiscated their passports and housed them in barracks in inhumane conditions