Seremban, Malaysia
CNN
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Dozens of laborers and factory operators sit hand-cuffed in rows on the pavement at an industrial park in Malaysia.
They’ve been detained in a government raid on unlicensed plastic recyclers as the country seeks to curb a growing illicit industry.
“It’s illegal,” said Yeo Bee Yin, Malaysia’s Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, who attended the raid and had invited journalists to watch.
