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CLW Statement on Lawsuit by Samsung Supplier HEG 

http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/newscast/394  

In the past 24 hours, China Labor Watch (CLW) has learned via media reports that Samsung's Huizhou-based supplier factory HEG Technology is suing CLW Executive Director Li Qiang and the Shenzhen Zhuoyue Zhisheng Enterprise Management Inquiry Department for false reporting, which refers to CLW’s August 2014 investigative report on HEG’s extensive labor violations, including the exploitation of child labor and student workers. As of the publishing of this statement, neither Li Qiang nor CLW have received any notices or documents related to this lawsuit. That the lawsuit was apparently filed with a court in Huizhou lacks a jurisdictional basis because CLW is registered in New York City.

CLW originally saw the lawsuit in a Chinese news story (which has been republished in other news portals) that carried a misleading title: “American Labor Organization Sued by Chinese Technology Company for False Reporting”. Conclusions had already been suggested about the truth of the case without ever having asked CLW or before knowing the results of the trial...