Brazilian authorities have suspended the issuance of temporary work visas for Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Friday.
The announcement came days after labor authorities said they had found 163 Chinese workers in “slavery-like” conditions on the construction site of a BYD factory in the northeastern state of Bahia. The workers were employed by the JinJiang contracting group, which has denied any wrongdoing.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the workers entered Brazil with temporary work visas.
Labor authorities had said earlier in the week that the workers had been brought to Brazil irregularly and were victims of human trafficking.
Read: Chinese workers found in ‘slavery-like’ conditions at BYD construction site in Brazil
With information from Reuters
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