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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted a senior university official and nine others over a scholarship scam where Ugandan students were forced to toil in a factory instead of studying.<\/p>\n

The case came to light in January after local media reported student complaints that they were ordered to “intern” at factories, dealing a blow to Taiwan’s image as one of Asia’s most progressive democracies.<\/p>\n

The education ministry has since banned Chung Chou University of Science and Technology in central Changhua County from recruiting foreign students.<\/p>\n

District prosecutors on Friday indicted the school’s dean of student affairs, the deputy chief of the county government’s youth development department and eight others on a number of charges from human trafficking to fraud and corruption.<\/p>\n

According to prosecutors, the dean and two colleagues allegedly “tricked” the Ugandans with “fake promises of hefty scholarships and high-tech industry internships” into coming to study at the university in late 2019.<\/p>\n

Once they arrived in Taiwan, the students were informed that they owed the school travel and other expenses, and had to do long hours of labour-intensive work at local factories.<\/p>\n

The deputy chief failed to investigate the alleged exploitation and decided that the factory that hired them did not violate labour laws, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

The deputy head of a shelter for foreigners was also charged in the case after he revealed the whereabouts of a Ugandan student to a school employee.<\/p>\n

Taiwan touts itself as one of Asia’s most progressive democracies, with a government that promotes human rights and headline-grabbing moves such as legalising same-sex marriage in 2019.<\/p>\n

The island has, however, long been criticised for labour exploitation and how it treats foreign migrant workers.<\/p>\n

Its lucrative deep-sea fishing industry, the world’s second-largest after China, has been accused of widespread abuse of migrants, prompting the government to pledge more than $68 million to improve working conditions.<\/p>\n

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