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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emily Dugan

Thai factory used by Tesco faces criminal charges over treatment of workers

A police raid at VK garment factory in Mae Sot in December.
A police raid at VK garment factory in Mae Sot in December. Photograph: Thai police

Thai police have brought criminal charges against a clothing factory that was used by Tesco to make F&F clothes, over its treatment of workers.

The Guardian revealed in December that Burmese workers who produced F&F jeans for Tesco in Thailand reported being made to work 99-hour weeks for illegally low pay in terrible conditions.

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