Samsung to probe child labor claims at Chinese factory

London, Aug.9 (ANI): A Chinese firm that manufactures devices for South Korea-based electronic firm Samsung, hired child workers at its production facilities, it has emerged.

A New York-based campaign group, Child Labor Watch (CLW), claimed that its investigators found evidence of the violation while working at a factory owned by China's HEG Electronics.

The CLW said seven under-16-year-olds were identified between June and July.

According to the BBC, the group said that its investigators had limited contact with the factory's other departments and there could be dozens more underage employees.

It alleged that HEG had 'slack internal supervision mechanisms,' the report said.

CLW also raised concerns about worker injuries and how overtime pay was handled.

Samsung, however, said it had found no evidence of an employment law breach when it carried out its own checks.

"Samsung Electronics has conducted two separate on-site inspections on HEG's working conditions this year but found no irregularities on those occasions," the firm said in a statement.

The company also vowed to investigate the matter and take appropriate measures to correct such problems.

"A team of inspectors consisting of Samsung personnel from Korea headquarters will be dispatched to Huizhou, China on 9 August, and it will immediately launch an investigation and take appropriate measures to correct any problems that may surface," the firm said. (ANI)