Tip of The Iceberg
Although over 500 slaves were rescued in 2007, the practice has never been stopped. There was a further report by Henan TV Metro Channel in September 2011, which drew a lot of attention from the public but not much from the government. In May 2012, 8 people aged between 12 and 22 were reported as missing, with 6 missing within the previous 12 months near Xinyun Cold Storage, Jincheng Town, Yunnan Province. Seven of the eight families reported their missing children to the police. The police only responded to one report and went to inspect the site once. The 8 missing are suspected to have been sold to illegal brickyards.
Read more about this topic: 2007 Chinese Slave Scandal
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