Penneys under fire after disturbing note from Chinese worker is found

Penneys has suffered from many controversies surrounding the treatment of it's overseas workers but has recently prided itself on maintaining the highest quality standards when it comes to the production of its budget products. 

So it is a bit unfortunate that they have found themselves in the midst of another controversy. 

A shopper has taken to social media to post the details of a pretty convincing note allegedly from a worker in China that she found in a pair of socks she had just bought in a Primark store in the UK. 

#helpTingKunDing My Dad recently found this note folded up in socks bought from Primark,please help spread the word! pic.twitter.com/LzwU2y7mIz

— luce (@distxste) December 10, 2015

The note was in Chinese but it's disturbing contents have been translated into English. 

The note was allegedly written by a man named Ting Kun Ding who has claimed to have been imprisoned and is suffering at the hands of local governments in China. 

Hmm, it all seems very dramatic to us but Primark have been in touch with Lucy Kirk who found the letter in a product purchased at a store in Huddersfield. 

The Lad Bible also contacted  Lucy for comment who appears to be less than co-operative with Primark to try and help resolve the situation. 

"[Primark] asked for further information on which product but I refused to say as I didn't want anything to go directly back to the place the socks had come from."

"The note said to gain media attention so that's the aim. I'm unsure [whether it's real] but I think it's worth the outcry in the case that it is, rather than believing it isn't and letting it be."

So yeah, the jury is still out on this one.