Report says Amazon let Chinese whistleblower languish in jail after he exposed labor abuses


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Seattle, Washington - Amazon claims it holds suppliers to a high standard in offering protections for whistleblowers, but a new report by The Information begs to differ. It says the company has not come to the aid of a whistleblower thrown in jail after flagging a Chinese supplier breaking labor laws. The former manager at Foxconn, an Amazon supplier, has been languishing behind bars after exposing serious irregularities at his company. Working tirelessly through 2019 to collect records on behalf of schoolchildren making Amazon Alexa devices, the whistleblower got the records out to an activist group who publicized the findings....