For a woman surnamed Wu, a mundane trip to a shopping centre resulted in her helping a man who had been tricked into forced labour ten years ago reunite with his long-lost family. The man, who shares the same surname and is named Wu Fangwen, had been tricked into forced labour by an illegal brickmaking factory when he left home a decade ago. Wu Fangwen was forced to make bricks for a decade and was treated terribly, eventually losing his memory because of ill health. The woman then contacted Wu Fangwen’s family, who cried upon hearing their long-lost family member had been discovered. The workers were trafficked from cities in Henan, beaten, locked in the factory and forced to work long hours before being reported and released in 2007.

Source: The Star April 13, 2021 03:11 UTC