Police rescue 217 forced into slavery
Police in central China have rescued 217 people, including 29 children, who had been forced to work as slaves at brick kilns, official media reported.
More than 35,000 officers were mobilized to raid 7,500 kilns in Henan province during a three-day campaign that ended Tuesday, the New China News Agency reported.
They detained 120 suspects, it said.
The crackdown came amid a national furor sparked by reports on the Internet of efforts by 400 Henan fathers to track down missing sons they believed had been sold as slaves.
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