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Lingerie factory closed, 1,388 jobless

Laid-off workers from the Brilliant Alliance Thai Global lingerie factory gather outside the factory in Samut Prakan’s Bang Sao Thong district on Thursday, after the company announced its sudden closure on Wednesday night. (Photo supplied)

SAMUT PRAKAN: A total of 1,388 people have been thrown out of work by lingerie manufacturer Brilliant Alliance Thai Global Ltd’s abrupt closure of its factory in Bang Sao Thong district.

The closure anouncement was posted only on Wednesday, effective from Thursday.

Its workforce, mostly employed in the production department, were in a state of shock.

The company announcement said it had been directly affected by the economic slump, in both Thailand and rest of the world, from 2019. It was made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Exports of its lingerie products had dropped…

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