Norway wealth fund to probe firms for Uighur labour links
(WorldNews Norway)

Norway`s $1.3 trillion wealth fund will probe whether companies it is invested in may be using the labour of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims linked to China`s internment camp system in the country`s Xinjiang region, the head of the fund`s ethics watchdog told Reuters news agency. The world`s largest sovereign wealth fund, which has massive market influence because it owns 1.5 percent of the world`s listed shares across 9,100 companies, operates under ethical guidelines set by parliament. Johan H Andresen, chair of the fund`s Council on Ethics, said the fund had...