Work permit key to 14year slave ordeal: DSIInitial inquiries by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) suggest that an engineer who claims a Thai factory forced him to work as a slave for 14 years was paid just Bt300,000 for his labours because his work permit expired.28 Jan 11 The Nation DSI chief Tharit Pengdit said yesterday that some Burmese workers at the factory in Rangsit industrial complex in Pathum Thani claimed Anatoli Vdovichenko, 57, was not held captive. They said the company stopped paying him after his work permit expired. Khlong Luang police have already charged the factory with hiring a foreigner without permission and having him work without pay, Tharit said. Investigators are questioning witnesses to establish if there is a case to be made of human trafficking, since the factory allegedly withheld his passport. If not, the DSI will conclude their findings and pass the case to Khlong |
