PUBLISHED: 11:55 EST, 26 June 2013 | UPDATED: 12:08 EST, 26 June 2013 Airlines including British Airways have been accused of purchasing headphones manufactured at a Chinese jail where prisoners were beaten for missing production targets. A former inmate of China's Dongguan Prison has claimed he made disposable headsets for British Airways, Qantas and Emirates while he was behind bars. Danny Cancian, who is from New Zealand and was released from Dongguan last year, told the Australian Financial Review prisoners were punished for slow production rates by being 'taken outside and tasered'. British Airways has emphatically denied using prison labour in its supply chain and said all of its suppliers were subject to 'rigorous' checks.
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Former inmate of China's Dongguan Prison told of 'cruel environment' at jail
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Claimed he made headphones for British Airways, Emirates and Qantas
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