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Chinese nickel workers file complaint to Komnas HAM over work conditions
The workers at PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi province said they "endured a lot of physical, psychological, financial damages to their reputation as human beings", according to a statement from the law firm.
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This photograph taken on January 30, 2020 shows a health official checking the body temperature of a worker at PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park at Morowali in Central Sulawesi. More than 40,000 workers at a vast Chinese-controlled industrial complex in Indonesia have been quarantined over fears about the spread of a deadly coronavirus strain which has killed more than 200 people in China. PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park has sealed off its nickel mining hub on Sulawesi island and is barring any of its 43,000 staff from entering or leaving without written permission.
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hree Chinese workers at a nickel industrial complex in Central Sulawesi have filed a complaint with the National Commission for Human Rights over poor workplace conditions, the law firm representing them said on Friday.
The workers at PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi province said they "endured a lot of physical, psychological, financial damages to their reputation as human beings", according to a statement from the law firm.
Indonesia has pushed to realise its ambitions to develop the central Sulawesi area into a regional electric vehicle battery hub due to its rich nickel reserves.
More than a dozen deals worth over $15 billion have been signed with global manufacturers including Hyundai, LG and Foxconn in just three years. Chinese companies are another major investor in the region.
But the industry is not without its problems. Last month, a riot broke out in the same province at a nickel smelter owned by China's Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry, killing two people, including a Chinese national.
AMAR Law Firm & Public Interest Law Office said IMIP workers experienced poor workplace conditions including a lack of proper safety and respiratory gear, working long hours without breaks, and pay cuts.
Passports belonging to Chinese nationals were also withheld and there was a ban on unionising, the statement said.
