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Tesco halts production at Chinese factory over alleged 'forced' labour
Image captionThe hand-written note was found by six-year-old Florence Widdicombe
Tesco has suspended production at a factory in China following allegations forced prison labour was used to pack charity Christmas cards.
It comes after the Sunday Times reported a six-year-old girl from south London found a message from Shanghai prisoners hidden in a box of cards.
"Please help us and notify human rights organisation," the message said.
Tesco said it was "shocked" by the report, adding: "We would never allow prison labour in our supply chain."
Image captionThe hand-written note was found by six-year-old Florence Widdicombe
Tesco has suspended production at a factory in China following allegations forced prison labour was used to pack charity Christmas cards.
It comes after the Sunday Times reported a six-year-old girl from south London found a message from Shanghai prisoners hidden in a box of cards.
"Please help us and notify human rights organisation," the message said.
Tesco said it was "shocked" by the report, adding: "We would never allow prison labour in our supply chain."