Operator of chicken farm accused of slave conditions
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Myanmar migrant labourers Thursday filed a compliant with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asking it to investigate a Lop Buri-based chicken farm owner for alleged violation of rights and suppression of workers.
The 14 workers, accompanied by members of the Migrant Worker Rights Network, told NHRC’s Prakairat Tantirawong that they were made to work from 7am to 5pm at a chicken farm in tambon Khok Tum of Lop Buri’s Muang district. They said there were also made to do overtime from 7pm to 5am without any days off or annual leave – all for a daily wage of Bt230.
They also said they were not given social security or paid for the overtime they put in. The workers also claimed that they were only allowed out of the farm for two hours a week under the escort of a company representative.
They also said they were not allowed to carry their documents, and were made to pay Bt1,600 per month for rent and utilities.
