Leisure Clothing managing director received €30,000 performance bonus a year

While Leisure Clothing employees were paid €70 a month for six 14-hour days per week, managing director Han Bin received a performance bonus of €30,000 a year, a court heard this morning.  During his interrogations, which were video recorded, Mr Han also admitted to keeping copies of a contract saying workers were receiving €680 a month "just in case the Employment and Training Corporation comes to check on us".  The revelations came as Magistrate Carol Peralta continued hearing the compilation of evidence against Mr Han, 46, from San Ġwann and Jia Liu, 31, from Birżebbuġa, who are charged with human trafficking and the exploitation of Chinese and Vietnamese workers at Leisure Clothing. They are pleading not guilty. Vice Squad Police Sergeant Bernardette Valletta told the court that when the police got a confirmation from Air Malta that Mr Han had booked a flight to Rome for the following day, the police requested and got an arrest and search warrant. Time was also of essence because the case was receiving prominence in the media, raising suspicions that the directors could abscond.  When they got to his house in San Gwann, Mr Han was not there and was arrested upon his arrival...