President Lee: Administering Heavy Metal Detox Injections to Workers 'Unacceptable'… Orders Stern Measures

President Lee Jae-myung ordered officials to "take stern measures" on Monday (October 12) regarding media reports that a major domestic automotive battery plant had been administering injections to expel heavy metals from workers' bodies under the guise of "vitamin injections."

After receiving a briefing on the Ministry of Employment and Labor's response measures and future plans regarding the reports, President Lee said, "It is an unacceptable and grave human rights violation for a company, which must protect the lives and health of workers, to make employees take injections while concealing side effects and covering up exposure to hazardous materials," Cheong Wa Dae Chief Spokesperson Kang Yu-jung reported.

In particular, President Lee strongly rebuked the plant for resorting to deceitful tricks that harmed workers' health to pass workplace environment assessment evaluations, even though lead levels more than five times the standard limit were detected during the manufacturing process.

President Lee repeatedly urged the Ministry of Employment and Labor and law enforcement agencies to thoroughly investigate the workplace's hazardous substance exposure, the circumstances surrounding the injections, and whether medical examination results were concealed, demanding strict measures in accordance with the law if any illegal activities are uncovered.
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