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Men investigating Ivanka Trump-brand working conditions in China arrested, missing

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All three men were investigating Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Company’s factory in Jiangxi province.
One man has been arrested and two others are missing after investigating a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes, according to a report on Tuesday.
Hua Haifeng was arrested on charges of illegal surveillance, according to Haifeng’s wife, Deng Guilian who said she was informed Tuesday afternoon via phone call from the police. Police told her the details weren’t important for her to know, only that she is no longer allowed contact or financial support from her husband, the Associated Press reports.
Li Qiang, the executive director for China Labor Watch, the New York-based nonprofit investigating the factory, said he lost contact with Hua Haifeng and the other two investigators over the weekend.

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