US to China: Free men who probed shoemaker for Ivanka Trump
US to China: Free men who probed shoemaker for Ivanka Trump
- The company has denied allegations of excessive overtime and low wages. It says it stopped producing Ivanka Trump shoes months ago.
A lawyer for one of the activists said all three men were being held at the Ganzhou City Detention Center in China's Jiangxi province and that he had been blocked from seeing his client, Hua Haifeng, on Monday and Tuesday morning.
The lawyer, Wen Yu, said authorities at the detention center told him Monday that "an accident happened in Hua Haifeng's cell," without providing further details.
He said that after waiting more than eight hours Monday, he was allowed to see his client for "less than one minute."
"I rushed to him and told him, 'I'm the lawyer hired by your wife,'" he said. Then police took him away. Yu added that Hua looked fine and managed a smile before police escorted him out.
- The company has denied allegations of excessive overtime and low wages. It says it stopped producing Ivanka Trump shoes months ago.
A lawyer for one of the activists said all three men were being held at the Ganzhou City Detention Center in China's Jiangxi province and that he had been blocked from seeing his client, Hua Haifeng, on Monday and Tuesday morning.
The lawyer, Wen Yu, said authorities at the detention center told him Monday that "an accident happened in Hua Haifeng's cell," without providing further details.
He said that after waiting more than eight hours Monday, he was allowed to see his client for "less than one minute."
"I rushed to him and told him, 'I'm the lawyer hired by your wife,'" he said. Then police took him away. Yu added that Hua looked fine and managed a smile before police escorted him out.