President Lee calls for strong measures to protect migrant workers

President Lee Jae Myung has called for strong measures to protect migrant workers from mistreatment.

At a weekly meeting with top aides on this Thursday he made reference to an online video showing a Sri Lankan worker bound in plastic wrapping and dragged by a forklift at what appears to be a brick factory in Naju City Jeollanam-do Province.

The president denounced the disturbing incident calling discrimination and related violence "a crime" and "unforgivable".

Accordingly he urged relevant ministries to look into human rights violations against marginalized groups including migrants and the socially vulnerable and to frame out preventative measures.