Wall Street Journal:

According to investigations by the New York-based watchdog [China Labor Watch], the Shinyang factory hires children and underage students during busy periods and when in “urgent need of labor.” Shinyang makes cellphone covers and parts for Samsung.

The alleged underage workers are usually employed for three to six months, work for 11 hours a day and are only paid for 10 of those hours, the watchdog said in a statement.

The claims follow an annual sustainability report published by Samsung on June 30 in which the company said a third-party audit of 100 of its suppliers in China last year found “no instances of child labor.” It wasn’t immediately clear whether Shinyang was one of the 100 suppliers covered in the audit.

This accusation is in jarring contrast with this paragraph from Samsung’s 2014 Sustainability Report:

Already we hold our manufacturing facilities to the highest labor and environmental regulations worldwide. This year, we also strengthened supplier compliance by reinforcing our Code of Conduct and actively monitoring and managing our dynamic supply chain. Samsung has one top priority: To ensure the health and safety of our employees and the communities where we operate.