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“We have an existing business relationship with Kawaguchi Manufacturing. We are investigating this issue and will continue to do so in more detail,” Panasonic Holdings Corporation said in a statement issued to Business & Human Rights Resource Centre , an influential agency that monitors human rights violations among multinational companies.
“With regards to our supply chain, as a member of the Responsible Business Alliance, we work collaboratively with governments, industries, and other stakeholders to thoroughly review the situation and find appropriate solutions....we will conduct a thorough fact-checking investigation,” the company said.
The investigations into Kawaguchi Manufacturing is the latest in the series of foreign worker-exploitation cases involving Malaysian contractors and companies, several of which have been flagged for abuses that activists alleged to amount to “modern day slavery”.
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