Samsung Electronics Says Supplier HTNS Has No Underage Workers

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of televisions and mobile phones, said supplier HTNS Shenzhen Co. hasn’t employed underage workers, dismissing claims raised by a labor-rights group.

“We have confirmed that there are no underage workers employed” at HTNS Shenzhen, the Suwon, South Korea-based company said in an e-mailed statement today. “Samsung holds itself and its supplier companies to the highest standards and maintains a zero tolerance policy on child labor.”