Still, the head of one of the main bodies representing Thai seafood producers said the industry was more concerned about forced labour than child labour. "That Burmese children are out of school ...

these children were engaged in forced child labour, it said. Following international attention and action on labour exploitation in Thailand’s seafood industry, the Thai government and other ...

"The [department] has cynically used the child labor allegation — which it manufactured ... said Chanchanit Martorell, head of the Thai Community Development Center, a community nonprofit.