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Eight men who had been held as slaves at South Korean salt farms for several years took the government to court on Friday for alleged negligence and police inaction they say largely caused and prolonged their ordeal.
In the lawsuit filed at the Seoul Central District Court
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More than 60 slaves
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Dozens of farm owners and job brokers were indicted, but no regional police or officials were punished despite multiple interviews in which the victims said some knew about the slaves and even stopped escape attempts.
The disturbing cases of abuse, captivity and human trafficking were highlighted in a months-long investigation by The Associated Press published earlier this year
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Choi Jung Kyu, one of several lawyers behind the lawsuit, said he was expecting an uphill battle in court as compensation suits against the government in human rights abuse cases are rarely successful in South Korea. This is mainly because, he said
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""It's difficult because we are mainly relying on what our plaintiffs told us, while the defendant, which is the government, holds all the information to prove it and can't be forced to give them up
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Regardless of the outcome, the lawsuit is meaningful because it would raise awareness and put pressure on the government to do more to protect vulnerable people from human trafficking and slavery, he said.
Seoul's Justice Ministry, whose minister will legally represent the central government in the case
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The rescued slaves were mostly disabled and desperate people from mainland cities who were lured to the islands by ""man hunters"" and job brokers hired by salt farm owners, who would beat them into long hours of backbreaking labor and confine them at their houses for years while providing little or no pay.
Choi said there were strong reasons to believe that local police officers and administrative officials were closely connected with salt farm owners and villages and helped them keep the victims enslaved.
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