印尼煙草種植業現大量童工

　　6月22日BBC聽力：印尼煙草栽種業現大批童工

　　Now some of the world's biggest tobacco companies are buying their products from farmswhich employ child workers. The BBC has found evidence of children working at every stagethe tobacco production process in Indonesia,the world's fifth-largest producer. In a reportlaunched today, Human Rights Watch claimed thousands of children are working in hazardousconditions in the industry. Rebecca Henschke travels to the island of Lombok to investigate.Tobacco grows well here in the dry but fertile soil on the island of Lombok. On a visit to thetobacco fields here, we found children working at every stage ofthe process. With bare hands, Tina is putting chemical fertilizer on the tobacco plant. This isthe first stage of the process. The point which children really get involved is when these leavestrees become big and then the children pick the tobacco leaves and take them into the ovens todry. I get headaches. I start coughing and become dizzy when the dried tobacco comes out ofthe oven. It's hard to breathe. I vomit and I get headaches. Rrom the age of 12, she'd beenworking on farms that supply to multinational tobacco companies，including Philip MorrisInternational. Like Muktar's farm, he says lots of children work for him during the harvestincluding his 11 year-old daughter. Sometimes she gets sick, sometimes she does not. Thesmell of the dried tobacco is still strong，but it's a nice smell. It's a very strong smell. When wesmell it, we right away feel dizzy. She does not smoke. For people who smoke is nice, but if youdo not, it gives you a headache.

　　The symptoms they report are consistent with acute nicotine poisoning. Given the fact thatthey were in close proximity with tobacco you know, very well could be cases of acute nicotinepoisoning. Philip Morris International knowledge to the BBC that there is child labor in theirsupply chain. Look, I'm a father of three and I grew up in rural environment. And while Iknow it is normal that children help on the family farm. The report is pointing out situation thatI, as a father would be very concerned. If we are changing the way we procure tobacco,introducing direct contracts that allow us to provide concrete support, monitor the issues. Onone of their direct contract farms, we were told children are no longer hired. Tobacco is adangerous drug. They get sick. It's dangerous. They get dizzy and get headache. ButSinarwulan says she will be working again in the next harvest as she has since she was nineyears old. Rebecca Henschke BBC news Lombok.

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