The authorities in Brazil have halted the construction of an electric car factory by the Chinese corporation BYD after an inspection revealed slave-like working conditions. Workers were found sleeping on beds without mattresses,

Beijing: A contractor for Chinese EV giant BYD denied on Thursday there were slave like conditions in a Brazil factory, where local officials said

Over 160 Chinese workers have been saved from "slave-like conditions" in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD,

More than 160 Chinese workers have been saved from "slave-like conditions" in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD, officials said Tuesday.

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking, Brazilian labor authorities said on Thursday in a growing controversy in BYD's biggest overseas market.