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US Customs seizes Malaysia s Top Glove shipment following forced labour finding
The United States has imposed a ban on Malaysian glove maker Top Glove after concluding the company uses forced labour. (Photo:AFP/Mohd Rasfan)
05 May 2021 09:01AM (Updated:
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KUALA LUMPUR: The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Malaysia s Top Glove estimated to be worth US$518,000, on indications they were made by forced labour, it said on Wednesday (May 5).
CBP on Mar 29 issued a forced labour finding based on evidence of multiple forced labour indicators in the world s largest medical glove maker s production process.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Malaysia s Top Glove Corp Bhd estimated to be worth $518,000, on indications they were made by forced labor, it said Wednesday.
CBP on March 29 issued a forced labor finding based on evidence of multiple forced labor indicators in the world s largest medical glove maker s production process.
It had initially banned products from two of Top Glove s subsidiaries last July, but extended the ban to all of the manufacturer s products made in Malaysia in March.
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 09:04 AM MYT
A worker at a production line in Top Glove factory in Shah Alam August 26, 2020. Reuters pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 The US Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp Bhd estimated to be worth US$518,00 (RM2.1 million), on indications they were made by forced labor, it said Wednesday.
CBP on March 29 issued a forced labor finding based on evidence of multiple forced labor indicators in the world’s largest medical glove maker’s production process.
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KUALA LUMPUR The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp Bhd estimated to be worth $518,000, on indications they were made by forced labor, it said Wednesday.
CBP on March 29 issued a forced labor finding based on evidence of multiple forced labor indicators in the world’s largest medical glove maker’s production process.
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It had initially banned products from two of Top Glove’s subsidiaries last July, but extended the ban to all of the manufacturer’s products made in Malaysia in March.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Malaysia s Top Glove Corp Bhd estimated to be worth US$518,000 (RM2.13mil), on indications they were made by forced labour, it said Wednesday (May 5).
CBP on March 29 issued a forced labour finding based on evidence of multiple forced labour indicators in the world s largest medical glove maker s production process.
It had initially banned products from two of Top Glove s subsidiaries last July, but extended the ban to all of the manufacturer s products made in Malaysia in March.
The indicators included debt bondage, excessive overtime, abusive working and living conditions, and retention of identity documents, the CBP said in a statement.