We’re contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry, specifically North Korean workers in Chinese plants. We have investigators on the ground in China who have been engaging with labor brokers directly involved with the transfer of North Korean workers to factories in China. Through this and other investigative means, including collecting online footage from the plants and interviews with workers recently returned to North Korea from China, we’ve found large numbers of North Korean workers at a range of seafood…
We haven’t heard back from you on this and wanted to see if you had any response at this time. To clarify, we are referring to a collection of plants at or near this location: Name: Dalian Haiqing Food (大连海青水产有限公司) Address: Floor 1-3, No. 9, Section 2, Jianshe Street, Zhuanghe City, Dalian, Liaoning Province (辽宁省 大连庄河市新华街道小寺委建设大街二段9号1-3层) We are aware that Dalian Haiqing Food has several plants under its umbrella at this general location.
Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. The first email did not come through on our end so I apologize for the lack of response. Our team takes this very seriously and has begun looking into it. If you can give us a little additional time, that would be much appreciated. I am committed to getting you a response no later than Wednesday (1/24) morning. Thank you.
Thank you again for bringing this to our attention as Pacific Seafood is strongly committed to human rights, ethical business practices, and the highest possible quality for our products. Pacific Seafood does not use any facilities in Dandong City to produce any products and does not utilize any facilities using North Korean labor. According to our information, Dalian Haiqing Food does not have any facilities in Dandong City. We would welcome any information you have to share that may show otherwise.
Thanks for your email. I refer you to our email dated January 22, 2024, which you replied to and sought additional time for Pacific Seafood’s response. It clarified that our query is in reference to a collection of plants at or near this location:- Name: Dalian Haiqing Food (大连海青水产有限公司) Address: Floor 1-3, No. 9, Section 2, Jianshe Street, Zhuanghe City, Dalian, Liaoning Province (辽宁省大连庄河市新华街道小寺委建设大街二段9号1-3层) We are aware that Dalian Haiqing has several plants under its umbrella at this general location. We have the following outstanding questions for Pacific Seafood: Can you please itemize fo…
I appreciate the response. We are aware of the Dalian Haiqing facility you reference below located in Zhuanghe City. However, the facility you allege uses North Korean labor is located in Dandong. We are not aware of any Dalian Haiqing facility located in Dandong. Can you please provide the address of the facility located in Dandong as well as any supporting evidence you have of the North Korean labor activity? We take this incredibly seriously and this information will allow us to continue the investigation on our end.
The evidence we have gathered concerns Dalian Haiqing’s facilities in Zhuanghe City in Dalian, not in Dandong. We have information that as recently as December 2023, there were 50-70 workers at Dalian Haiqing Food’s facilities in Dalian. One of our investigators visited this site, and another communicated with North Korean workers ███ these facilities. North Korean women ██████ have described in writing to us at The Outlaw Ocean Project a number of serious issues, including sexual abuse and forced prostitution. We also corresponded with a p…
Thank you for the information and we respect your request. With the clarification on the facility and further detail our team is now able to investigate more thoroughly. This is a top priority, and will take some time on our end, but we will provide you with updates as soon as we can. Any further evidence you are able to provide would be incredibly helpful, so please let us know if there are measures we could take to assure you that information would not be disclosed to Dalian Haiqing. We appreciated your continued willingness to work with us on this.