Meanwhile, the Sajo Oyang company worked to protect its brand. To try to figure out who was funneling information to Michael Field, the New Zealand reporter who continued to dominate coverage of the industry, Inwood submitted open-records requests to government agencies and the University of Auckland, seeking emails and other documents. When the U.S. ambassador on human trafficking, Luis CdeBaca, traveled to New Zealand to discuss the claims of abuse in the fishing industry, Michael Field reported that the Sajo Oyang company hired a private investigator to trail him.
