@channelnewsasia: South Korea's president ordered officials to find ways to prevent the mistreatment of migrant workers on Thursday (Jul 24), amid public outrage over a video showing a worker being tied to bricks with cling wrap and lifted off his feet by a forklift at a South Korean factory. In the video, a South Korean forklift driver lifts a Sri Lankan migrant worker, who is bound to a pallet of bricks with cling wrap, and moves him around a factory yard while another person is heard laughing in the background. Local activists say the driver was punishing the worker over his brick-wrapping skills. The migrant worker later told reporters in a televised interview that the incident caused him significant stress and mental anguish. President Lee Jae-myung condemned the act in a Facebook post, calling it an “intolerable violation” and a “clear infringement of the human rights of a minority”. #southkorea #southkoreanews #migrantworkers

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Friday 25 July 2025 10:40:28 GMT