Activists and migrant fishers are calling for the government to intervene after 10 Indonesian crewmembers worked on a Taiwan-flagged fishing vessel for 15 months with no pay.
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00:00Here at Taiwan's Legislative UN, activists are calling for more to be done to protect migrant fishers in the country.
00:06They're pointing to a case of 10 Indonesian migrant fishers who say they worked for 15 months under terrible conditions
00:12on a Taiwan flagged vessel, but did not receive their salary.
00:30Activists and workers here say that Taiwan authorities have promised to make up the shortfall in these fishers' salaries.
00:37But they're warning that the problems they've faced are not unusual.
00:41They're calling on the government and big companies to do more to clean up what has become a rotten industry.
00:47Luffy Lee and Rick Lowatt in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.