Vietnamese trainee in Japan accuses colleagues of violent abuse

This supplied screenshot of video footage shows a Vietnamese trainee (R) being hit with a broom-like object by a Japanese colleague in September 2020. Photo courtesy of Fukuyama Union Tanpopo

A Vietnamese technical trainee working at a construction firm in Japan has demanded an apology and compensation, saying his colleagues had routinely abused him physically for two years.

Speaking at a press conference in Okayama Prefecture together with a representative of the Fukuyama Union Tampopo, a labor union, the 41-year-old said he had arrived in Japan through a government-to-government program, Kyodo News reported Monday.

He worked as a trainee at a construction firm in western Japan.

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