South China Morning Post Archives

Erwiana Wins HK$809,430 Claim against Abusive Employer

Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, a former domestic worker who was tortured by her Hong Kong employer, finally won her two-year legal bid to [...]

Trafficked at 7, Now an Inspiring UN Advocate

Rani Hong was born in southern India, where she had a normal childhood with her mom, dad, and four siblings. Yet when her father became [...]

COVID-19 hurts Hong Kong’s trafficking survivors, domestic workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has put Hong Kong’s trafficking survivors and domestic workers especially at risk of re-trafficking and [...]

Two Jailed for Trafficking Vietnamese Children to UK Nail Salons

Two people have been arrested in the UK for trafficking children from Vietnam to work in nail salons. The police say this is the first [...]

‘Shock’ as Hong Kong Police Censor Trafficking Warning

Hong Kong’s efforts to tackle money laundering tied to human trafficking are being lambasted over news that the city’s [...]

New U.S. sanctions target Chinese paramilitary group in Uyghur Region

The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on a Chinese paramilitary entity operating in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, along with [...]

Hong Kong Migrant Workers Hold Vigil Demanding Justice

Almost 500 people gathered in Hong Kong on Sunday for a candlelight vigil for victims of human trafficking following the tragic death [...]

Hong Kong Chief Pledges Support for Domestic Workers

The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, has pledged to enhance government support for the city’s 380,000 migrant domestic [...]

Pandemic school closures risk creating “lost generation of children” in India

Child labor is surging in India as a result of the school closures enforced to prevent the spread of COVID-19. India’s rates of child [...]

Erwiana’s Jailed Employer Ordered to Pay HK$170,000 to Second Victim

Law Wan-tung, the same Hong Kong woman who was jailed for torturing domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, has now been ordered to [...]

A Victim of Forced Labor Pursues Justice in Hong Kong

A Pakistani man who was trafficked to Hong Kong and forced to work without pay, experiencing abuse, threats and hunger, sued the [...]

Gender imbalance in China driving “bride trafficking”

China’s significant gender imbalance has become a major factor in the growing phenomenon of trafficking and forced marriage of [...]

Hong Kong Agency Places 2,000 Domestic Workers for Free

The founder of a recruitment agency in Hong Kong believes that the city is on track to eliminate the exploitation of migrant domestic [...]

Everyday Racism: ‘Indonesian Helpers are Thieves’

“Indonesian helpers are often thieves…Sorry, we cannot accommodate Africans…We don’t rent to Pakistanis.” [...]

Indian youths vulnerable to modern slavery in Kashmir

Kashmir makes international headlines for being a conflict zone lying between India and Pakistan. Less reported is that the Kashmiri [...]

Forced Labor Isn’t a Crime in Hong Kong. But That May Soon Change.

Hong Kong’s High Court held its first-ever judicial review on human trafficking this week, where lawyers argued that the city [...]

Uniqlo Slammed by Indonesian Factory Workers

Warni Lena Napitupulu has never bought a Uniqlo product — she can’t afford to. Yet she, along with 2,000 other Indonesian factory [...]

US Congress approves ban on Xinjiang imports, tying them to forced labour

More than 50% of Hong Kong’s Domestic Workers Charged Illegal Fees

An undercover investigation has revealed that more than 50% of domestic workers in Hong Kong are still being charged illegally high [...]

Indonesia’s Vanished Girls

Hundreds of girls have quietly disappeared from impoverished western half of Timor island and other parts of in Indonesia’s East Nusa [...]

Online Services Give Hong Kong’s Domestic Workers More Bargaining Power

It was after midnight when Genelie Millan dragged herself back to her room, feeling exhausted and empty. She took out her phone and [...]

Australia Exposes Voluntourism’s Great Hypocrisy

As the year comes to the close, many people consider giving their time or money to charities. But for those who are driven by [...]

Hong Kong Hits Back at Tier 2 Watchlist Ranking Despite Waiver

Hong Kong was ranked in the Tier 2 Watchlist for the third consecutive year by the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, narrowly [...]

Victims Reveal Modern Slavery in Northeast China

Last April, 52 men in northeast China were freed after being locked up and forced to work after one man finally managed to escape and [...]