Hong Kong Story Reveals Details on Slavery Onboard Asian Fishing Vessels
SEAFOODNEWS.COm [South China Morning Post] BY LAURA VILLADIEGO - July 13, 2017
The Thai government claims it is regulating the fishing industry more tightly, yet slavery persists. One man, duped into the trade and whose nightmare ended a few years ago, is determined to pursue justice for fellow victims
In 2009, as the financial crisis swept the world, Samart Senasuk, now 44, lost his job as a security guard in Bangkok. Unable to find work, he was preparing to return to his hometown, in Isaan, an impoverished region in the northeast of Thailand, when a friendly man invited him for a drink, to talk about a job on a fishing vessel.
Samart turned down the job but, after a few sips of his drink, he says, he passed out. When he woke, he was on a boat...
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