BEIJING, Dec 26 Reuters Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD39;s contractor Jinjiang Group stated on Thursday that the Brazilian authorities39; portrayal of their employees as enslaved is completely inconsistent with the facts.

Being unjustly labeled as 39;enslaved39; has made our employees feel that their dignity has been insulted and their human rights violated, seriously hurting the dignity of the Chinese people. We have signed a joint letter to express our true feelings, Jinjiang said in its official Weibo account.

Brazilian authorities earlier said they found 163 Chinese nationals working in slaverylike conditions at a construction site for a BYDowned factory.

Reporting by Ella Cao and Ryan Woo; Editing by Christian Schmollinger

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