Solar Contract Scrapped Over Slavery Links

Jane Werrell
By Jane Werrell
February 18, 2022NTD UK News
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The Ministry of Justice is set to cancel a 12 million pound ($16 million) contract to install solar panels on prisons and courts. The move comes after it was revealed some parts of the panels were made by a company that uses slave labour in China. Research has found that Xinjiang produces around 45 percent of the world’s polysilicon, a key component of solar panels.

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