After work, the three teenage girls giggle and pull at one another’s hair. But when questioned, they admit their common secret: They use false papers to work illegally here at the factory that makes mobile phone components for one of the world’s biggest brands, Samsung.They are 14 and 15 years old, below the legal working age in China. A few weeks ago, they were living at home with their parents in a small village a six-hour drive from here, finishing middle school.
www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/business/international/children-found-working-at-samsung-supplier-in-china.htmlAlso see:Samsung supplier ‘used child labour’ to meet high demand, report alleges
Samsung is facing a fresh accusation that one of its Chinese suppliers hired children to meet production targets during a period of high demand from the South Korean electronics giant.Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it is looking into the allegation by China Labor Watch that a supplier, Shinyang Electronics in Dongguan, Guangdong province, hired children and student workers under the legal working age.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/10/samsung-supplier-allegedly-used-child-labour