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China to launch labor investigation

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BEIJING, June 20 - China will launch a large-scale nationwide investigation¹ on laborers² employed in small kilns⁴ and collieries following the exposure of the forced labor³ scandal in Shanxi Province.

Lawbreakers that illegally employ children, force people to work or maliciously⁶ injure workers will be severely⁷ punished, according to a state council conference chaired by Premier⁸ Wen Jiabao here Wednesday.

The move comes after the exposure of the brick kiln⁵ scandal in Shanxi Province. Many brick kilns owners in Shanxi Province forced workers to work 14 to 20 hours a day without payment. Owners of the primitive⁹ brick kilns made use of fierce dogs and thugs who beat children at will.

The investigation group, composed of personnel from the Ministry¹⁰ of Labour and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Security and the All-China Federation¹¹ of Trade Unions, made a preliminary report on the scandal at the conference.

So far about 160 suspects have been detained in Shanxi and Henan.

By Sunday night, about 45,000 policemen had raided more than 8,000 kilns and small coal mines in the two provinces and freed 591 workers, including 51 children.

The criminals are suspected not only of illegal employment practices, but also of abduction, limiting others' freedom, employing under-age workers and even murder.

The conference said lawbreakers should be severely punished.

The conference ordered the Shanxi government to step up investigation of the scandal and compensate¹² the victims.

Yu Youjun, governor of Shanxi Province, made a self-criticism at the conference on behalf of the Shanxi government.

The conference urged local governments and central ministries¹³ to learn a lesson from the scandal.

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1 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 laborers
n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工
参考例句：
Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言

3 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 kilns
n.窑( kiln的名词复数 )；烧窑工人
参考例句：
Bricks and earthware articles are baked in kilns. 砖和陶器都是在窑中烧成的。来自辞典例句 The bricks are baking in the kilns. ？里正在烧砖。来自辞典例句

5 kiln
n.（砖、石灰等）窑，炉；v.烧窑
参考例句：
That morning we fired our first kiln of charcoal.那天上午，我们烧了我们的第一窑木炭。 Bricks are baked in a kiln.砖是在窑里烧成的。

6 maliciously
adv.有敌意地
参考例句：
He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。来自《简明英汉词典》 His enemies maliciously conspired to ruin him. 他的敌人恶毒地密谋搞垮他。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 severely
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
参考例句：
He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。 He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

8 premier
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。 He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

9 primitive
adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物
参考例句：
It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。 His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

10 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

11 federation
n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会
参考例句：
It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。 Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

12 compensate
vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消
参考例句：
She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。 Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

13 ministries
（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )；神职；牧师职位；神职任期
参考例句：
Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。 The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

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