A trial has begun of 12 people who are accused of involvement in a slave labour scandal in illegal mines and brick factories in northern China.Among those who went on trial on Wednesday are kiln boss Wang Bingbing and foreman Heng Tinghan, state news agency Xinhua said.
The charges include illegal detention, forced labour and murder, Xinhua said.
Almost 570 people trafficked as slaves, 50 of them children, have been freed in Shanxi and Henan in the last few weeks.
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