Comments on: One of the women at Leisure Clothing says she is from North Korea https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mila https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2966147 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:24:37 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2966147 Freedom of speech is a threat to all abusers because ‘jekk ma tperritx l-affarijiet fil-berah’ as it seems that our new Police Minister suggested, such atrocities continue.

‘The managing director of Leisure Clothing admitted to the police that he showed the Employment and Training Corporation a copy of a contract which was in line with Maltese employment laws but different to that given to the workers, a court heard this afternoon.’

Freedom of expression is also what allows me to express my disgust that the alleged perpetrators are being given notice of an inspection of the allegedly inhumane premises conditions.

Freedom of speech is about all aspects of life not just religion. Religion just comes in handy because the afterlife is a powerful threat for many.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-01-07/local-news/Magistrate-to-visit-miserable-living-quarters-housing-Leisure-Clothing-employees-on-Friday-6736128325

]]> By: Mila https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2964845 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:17:57 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2964845 ”Twelve North Koreans to join Leisure Clothing despite 6,500 Maltese unemployed”

Forget the ‘despite 6,500 Maltese unemployed’ bit for a second and focus on the North Koreans allowed to work abroad bit. My eyebrows are touching my hairline and not because I am wondering whether they will watch ‘The Interview’. On the other hand they might watch ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-01-07/local-news/Twelve-North-Koreans-to-join-Leisure-Clothing-despite-6-500-Maltese-unemployed-6736128296

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2962287 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:34:46 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2962287 In reply to Matthew S.

Besides which, “irregularities” doesn’t exist in the English dictionary used by the normal world (i.e. everyone else).

]]> By: Matthew S https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2953217 Sat, 03 Jan 2015 03:34:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2953217 One can’t help but compare this interview to the BBC Panorama one in the previous post. BBC filmed inside the factory secretly and made an effort to get honest comments from interviewees.

This interviewer obviously got permission from the factory owner to film and interview people. Although his intentions might have been good, he played into the factory’s hands and produced an advertisement for it instead of a damning exposé.

As others have pointed out, his questions also leave much to be desired.

]]> By: David J Camilleri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2951552 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:00:32 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2951552 This sorry story sounds familiar to our islands too. Unbelievable, that there are people who still think that they can do what they like with the blessing of higher authority.

http://news.yahoo.com/living-hell-slaves-remote-south-korean-islands-000536459.html

]]> By: Mila https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2951367 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:39:16 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2951367 In view of your excellent piece in The Malta Independent yesterday, I guess this Bortex page stands out for its grim irony:

http://www.bortexgroup.com/ethical-policy/

]]> By: Duke https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2951214 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 11:18:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2951214 Dan il-gurnalist ghandu rispett lejn l-inteligenza ta’ min qieghed jara din l-intervista?

Dik it-tfajla nahseb wahda li ghamlet il-priedka tal-Leisure Clothing, a la North Korea (ghid dak li niktbulek ahna). Gurnalizmu ta’ habba ziz.

]]> By: Gaetano Pace https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2950805 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:10:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2950805 The silence that the Gvern With Union has zipped its lips with, are leaving many doubts and unanswered questions about its involvement in precarious work, inhuman conditions of work, unimaginable salaries and cruelty toward workers.

This particular union is the most silent and quiet when it should have been barking the loudest.

It is neither the case of letting sleeping dogs lie nor that of letting the sleeping beauty of Gvern With Union lie.

Not surprising these days of modern movements, lies and lying are their expired modern trends.

]]> By: Gaetano Pace https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2950799 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:04:14 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2950799 The Yellow Slave Trade, White Slave Traffic, Black Like me are three books written by people who had first hand experience in the degrading, inhuman, disgraceful, degenerating human trafficking.

The people who employed or were in any manner whatsoever involved in this scandal are the people who in Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando`s dictionary, diction and vocabulary should be pushed back.

In my humble opinion these are the people that should be banished from our islands forever.

]]> By: Liberal https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/one-of-the-women-at-leisure-clothing-says-she-is-from-north-korea/#comment-2948422 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 08:52:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57427#comment-2948422 What a pointless video. I expected much better from The Malta Independent.

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