Jul 21, 2020 13:00:00

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The US Department of Commerce has added 11 new Chinese companies to the list of companies involved in human rights abuses. Among the companies recognized by the Department of Commerce as being involved in human rights abuses, there are many high-tech suppliers and partners, including Apple.

Commerce Department Adds Eleven Chinese Entities Implicated in Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang to the Entity List | US Department of Commerce
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/07/commerce-department-adds-eleven-chinese-entities-implicated-human

Apple supplier O-film Tech accused of human rights violations in China | Appleinsider
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/20/apple-supplier-o-film-tech-accused-of-human-rights-violations-in-china

Apple supplier accused of human rights abuses by US Department of Commerce-9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/20/apple-supplier-human-rights-abuse/

The United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added 11 Chinese companies to its list of entities allegedly involved in human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region . One of the new entities added to the list of entities is O-Film , a company known as a supplier to 24 technology companies, including well-known companies such as Amazon, Apple, Dell, GM and Microsoft.

The Department of Commerce says it will support 11 new Chinese companies added to the list of entities, saying, 'We support large amounts of arbitrary detention, forced labor, involuntary biometric data collection, and genetic analysis of Uighurs and ethnic minorities. I did.”

The following nine companies have been added to the Entity List for being involved in forced labor against Uyghur and other Muslim minority groups.

・Changji Esquel Textile Co. Ltd.
・Hefei Bitland Information Technology Co. Ltd.
・Hefei Meiling Co. Ltd.
・Hetian Haolin Hair Accessories Co. Ltd.
・Hetian Taida Apparel Co., Ltd.
・KTK Group
・Nanjing Synergy Textiles Co. Ltd.
・Nanchang O-Film Tech
・Tanyuan Technology Co. Ltd.

The following two companies have been added to the entity list for being involved in a genetic analysis conducted to promote repression of Uygur and Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang:

・Xinjiang Silk Road BGI
・Beijing Liuhe BGI

``Beijing is actively promoting the blameful acts of forced labor and abusive DNA collection and analysis to repress citizens,'' said

Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce. The Commerce Department's additional listing of some companies guarantees that American products and technology will not be involved in the sneaky attacks by the Communist Party of the Islamic minority ethnic groups.'

O-Film, which was added to the entity list this time, is a company that manufactures parts such as cameras, touch screens, fingerprint sensors for smartphones, and AppleInsider said, 'We were involved in the manufacture of 5th generation iPad mini etc.' I am reporting. However, the exact relationship with Apple at the time of writing the article is unknown, and the list of the 200 largest suppliers Apple published in its annual report is the name of O-Film as of 2019. there is no.

The 11 companies added to the entity list are subject to export controls.