Thailand Promises Swift Legal Action Against Any Fishing Companies Using Illegal Labor
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bangkok Post] by Pichai Chuensuksawadi, Patsara Jikkham & Jeerawat Na Thalang - March 27, 2015
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to take legal action against any private companies found to have used forced labour in the fishing industry.
He had seen an Associated Press (AP) report regarding slave labour on the Indonesian island village of Benjina which found links between fish caught there and Thai ports.
"I have received the AP report that a Thai fishing company used slave labour including Myanmar and Thai workers. This company catches fish at Benjina and brings the catch back to Thai piers," Gen Prayut said...
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