- Title: China says it is not aware of arrest of activist probing Ivanka Trump's brands
- Date: 31st May 2017
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MAY 31, 2017) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING WALKING IN FOR A REGULAR BRIEFING MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN, HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "I don't know where you got the information that you mentioned. I don't know anything about the situation and have not heard of it." BRIEFING IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
- Embargoed: 14th June 2017 10:20
- Keywords: Ivanka Trump China activist Trump brand arrest
- Location: GANZHOU CITY, JIANGXI PROVINCE / BEIJING, CHINA
- City: GANZHOU CITY, JIANGXI PROVINCE / BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0026J64QBR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday (May 31) that it did not know anything about reports that a man was arrested and two are missing in the country after conducting an investigation into a Chinese company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes.
According to China Labor Watch, a New York-based advocacy group, labour activist Hua Haifeng was arrested in Jiangxi province on suspicion of illegally using eavesdropping equipment.
The group's executive director Li Qiang said Hua and another investigator, Li Zhao, had worked covertly at a shoe factory in the city of Dongguan, in Guangdong province, that was owned by the Huajian Group. The third investigator, Su Heng, had worked at a related factory in the city of Ganzhou in Jiangxi but went incommunicado after May 27.
Both factories produced shoes for Ivanka Trump, the daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, Li Qiang said, adding that the three men had been investigating labour conditions at the factories. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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