Brazil’s Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPT) filed a public civil lawsuit against Chinese electric carmaker BYD on allegations the company subjected 220 Chinese nationals to conditions analogous to slavery and international human trafficking at its unfinished plant in Brazil.
MTP said that it is seeking 257 million Brazilian reais (roughly $45 million) in collective moral damages from BYD, Jinjiang Group, and Tonghe Equipamentos Inteligentes do Brasil, the two contractor companies that brought the Chinese nationals to Brazilian territory for BYD.
