More Slave Workers Found at Chinese Brick Factories

BEIJING — China is still freeing people — including children — forced to work as slaves in illegal brick factories, two months after the scandal involving the brick yards was exposed, officials said Monday.
The scandal erupted in early June after Chinese media reported that children as young as 8 were abducted or recruited from bus and train stations with false promises of well-paying jobs and sold to kilns for about $65. The victims were forced to work almost around the clock, beaten, and deprived of pay, nourishment and basic medical care.