Firms controlling foreign interns' money

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japantimesA cooperative union of manufacturers in Aichi Prefecture consisting of Toyota Motor Corp. subcontractors and others has been making its Vietnamese interns agree to have their bank accounts controlled by their employers, a practice some experts say could be a violation of the labor law, sources said Saturday. Read more... (http://search.japantimes.co .jp/cgi-bin/nb20061119a2.html)

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Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to join the Japan Times Online.
(Otherwise, I couldn’t read the “more” part.)

Well, the Immigration Office has done a right thing.
Cracking down bilogs is not the only job they are doing.

We knew promoters kept passports of entertainers.
We knew entertainers were put into a place so called talent-house.
These things happened and probably are still happening now.

Strict enforcement of law should not result in diminishing overseas workers market.
Rather, it must be the beginning of a globalized working environment, where competent persons can get better jobs and treated equally, regardless of where they are from.