Chinese workers jailed

COURT in southern China has jailed five workers following protests at a Taiwanese-owned factory making name-brand shoes, a labour rights group said yesterday.

The five were among 40 arrested after thousands of workers went on strike in April at two factories in Dongguan to protest against low wages and working conditions, the New York-based China Labour Watch group reported.

It and other groups said the factories make shoes for major international brands including Brown, Timberland, and Clark.