Forcing workers into conflict with enterprises is a punishable act

ZENG FEIYANG, who ran an illegal agency purportedly to "help workers defend their rights" in Panyu, South China's Guangdong province, was sentenced to three years in prison with a four-year probation on Monday. He was found to have received funds from overseas and illegally intervened in labor-capital conflicts. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Tuesday:

Zeng said he was helping workers defend their rights, but actually he was creating conflicts between workers and employers and trying to disturb the social order.

But how did his agency exist so long? According to local workers, first he deceived them into believing he was helping them defend their rights. But soon he started asking them to raise unrealizable demands. Sometimes he even egged them to take radical measures to realize their demands.