CHINA/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Three men detained while investigating working conditions at factories that make shoes for Ivanka Trump’s brand have been released on bail.
The men — Su Heng, Li Zhao and Hua Haifeng — were detained in late May while working on a report for China Labor Watch. Chinese authorities have said little about their case, although a story in a Communist Party-controlled news outlet alleged they were being held on suspicion of stealing commercial secrets.
On Wednesday, the three investigators walked out of a police station in the southeastern city of Ganzhou. The group said they were released pending trial. ‘China Labor Watch hopes the court will provide the investigators with a fair trial,’ the group said in a statement.
The detention of the three men increased attention to the Trump family’s global business dealings, renewing questions about labor conditions at Trump-linked factories as well as concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
It is not clear why, exactly, the investigators were detained, or why they are now being released.”
-Emil Rauhala, “Chinese activists investigating Ivanka Trump brand factory released on bail,” The Washington Post online, June 28, 2017 10:08am