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05-10-2010, 07:53 AM
Chinese boss 'forced Muslim women workers to eat pork to give them more stamina'
Plus Islamic dress codes
By Daily Mail Reporter (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter)
Last updated at 11:06 AM on 10th May 2010
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Three Muslims from Indonesia were 'distraught and afraid' after their boss at a suburban Taipei factory forced them to eat pork over a seven-month period or face punishment, a Taiwan rights group said today.
Taipei prosecutors indicted Chang Wen-lin, the owner of Shin Hua Hang Fashion Co, on April 26 for forcing the three women to consume pork during their September 2008 to April 2009 employment.
In their indictment the prosecutors said Chang believed the meat 'would give the women more stamina for work' and threatened to take money out of their salaries if they did not eat it.
Islam forbids its adherents from consuming pork because it regards pigs as unclean.
Enlarge http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/10/article-0-02BA6F97000005DC-294_468x299.jpg (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/10/article-0-02BA6F97000005DC-294_468x299_popup.jpg)The Muslim workers were forced to eat pork by a factory owner who believed the meat would give them extra energy
Susan Chen, of the Taiwan International Workers Association, said her organisation cared for the three women for three to four months beginning in April 2009 after they filed a complaint with Taipei county authorities and were removed from the factory by labour rights officials.
'They were distraught and afraid when they came to our shelter, partly because they thought they might be sent home,' Ms Chen said.
'They still showed a lot of fear when they met their employer again for the first time after their rescue during a meeting to discuss employment disputes.'
Chang was not immediately available for comment.
Ms Chen identified the women as Tarsinah, Suswati and Wasilah. She said they were now working at new jobs in Taiwan and did not want to comment on the case because they feared it could endanger their employment.
Ms Chen said Chang originally hired the women as carers, but they were ordered to work from 7am to 11pm in his factory after they arrived in Taiwan.
She said they were paid an average salary of 1,370 New Taiwan dollars (£28) per month - far less than the minimum wage.
Taiwan now employs about 350,000 foreign labourers, many from Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Most work as carers or as factory and construction labourers.
The US State Department said in its 2009 Human Rights Report that abuse of foreign workers remains a serious problem in Taiwan.
It said the workers are often reluctant to report employer abuse because they fear it could endanger their employment and compromise their efforts to pay back broker employment fees, which can amount to as much as 10,000 dollars (£6,755).
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I know I would work better on fresh pork instead of wild rice, no contest
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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01625/iran_1625254c.jpg A leading cleric, warned that women who dressed immodestly disturbed young men and the consequent agitation caused earthquakes Photo: SIPA/REX FEATURES
Brig Hossien Sajedinia, Tehran's police chief, said a national crackdown on opposition sympathisers would be extended to women who have been deemed to be violating the spirit of Islamic laws. He said: "The public expects us to act firmly and swiftly if we see any social misbehaviour by women, and men, who defy our Islamic values. In some areas of north Tehran we can see many suntanned women and young girls who look like walking mannequins.
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By Daily Mail Reporter (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter)
Last updated at 11:06 AM on 10th May 2010
Comments (2) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1276184/Chinese-boss-forced-Muslim-women-workers-eat-pork-stamina.html#comments)
Three Muslims from Indonesia were 'distraught and afraid' after their boss at a suburban Taipei factory forced them to eat pork over a seven-month period or face punishment, a Taiwan rights group said today.
Taipei prosecutors indicted Chang Wen-lin, the owner of Shin Hua Hang Fashion Co, on April 26 for forcing the three women to consume pork during their September 2008 to April 2009 employment.
In their indictment the prosecutors said Chang believed the meat 'would give the women more stamina for work' and threatened to take money out of their salaries if they did not eat it.
Islam forbids its adherents from consuming pork because it regards pigs as unclean.
Enlarge http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/10/article-0-02BA6F97000005DC-294_468x299.jpg (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/10/article-0-02BA6F97000005DC-294_468x299_popup.jpg)The Muslim workers were forced to eat pork by a factory owner who believed the meat would give them extra energy
Susan Chen, of the Taiwan International Workers Association, said her organisation cared for the three women for three to four months beginning in April 2009 after they filed a complaint with Taipei county authorities and were removed from the factory by labour rights officials.
'They were distraught and afraid when they came to our shelter, partly because they thought they might be sent home,' Ms Chen said.
'They still showed a lot of fear when they met their employer again for the first time after their rescue during a meeting to discuss employment disputes.'
Chang was not immediately available for comment.
Ms Chen identified the women as Tarsinah, Suswati and Wasilah. She said they were now working at new jobs in Taiwan and did not want to comment on the case because they feared it could endanger their employment.
Ms Chen said Chang originally hired the women as carers, but they were ordered to work from 7am to 11pm in his factory after they arrived in Taiwan.
She said they were paid an average salary of 1,370 New Taiwan dollars (£28) per month - far less than the minimum wage.
Taiwan now employs about 350,000 foreign labourers, many from Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Most work as carers or as factory and construction labourers.
The US State Department said in its 2009 Human Rights Report that abuse of foreign workers remains a serious problem in Taiwan.
It said the workers are often reluctant to report employer abuse because they fear it could endanger their employment and compromise their efforts to pay back broker employment fees, which can amount to as much as 10,000 dollars (£6,755).
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1276184/Chinese-boss-forced-Muslim-women-workers-eat-pork-stamina.html#ixzz0nWiWiwdl (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1276184/Chinese-boss-forced-Muslim-women-workers-eat-pork-stamina.html#ixzz0nWiWiwdl)
I know I would work better on fresh pork instead of wild rice, no contest
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The announcement came shortly after Ayatollah Kazim Sadighi, a leading cleric, warned that women who dressed immodestly disturbed young men and the consequent agitation caused earthquakes.
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