![]() ![]() ![]() Investors called on Volkswagen to request its joint venture partner SAIC seeks an independent external audit of the Xinjiang plant. Rights groups have documented abuses including mass forced labour in detention camps which China has denied. The United Nations said last year that China's "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. BERLIN, May 10 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) defended its record in China and its decision to jointly own a plant in the Xinjiang region after activists and investors lashed out at the carmaker at a volatile annual general shareholder meeting on Wednesday.Ībout ten activists, including one topless woman with 'Dirty Money' painted on her back, interrupted executives' speeches, shouting that the carmaker's vehicles were built with forced labour and waving banners that read: 'End Uyghur Forced Labour'. ![]()
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