Note from 'Chinese prisoner' found in sock bought at Penneys store in Dublin

"I just put the sock on and felt something, and thought it was a receipt," he told Newstalk.com

Since then Heffernan posted the note on social in a bid to get it translated.

Amnesty International provided Newstalk.com with this translation of part of the note:

"I am a 39-year-old man living at [gives specific address], Lingbi County, Suzhou City, Anhui Province.

"On 29 June 2014, I was falsely accused and framed by the public security leadership of the Lingbi County Government for going to Beijing to report corrupt officials to the state leaders using my real name.

"I have been illegally and forcibly detained in the Lingbi County Detention Centre (Prison) since then and suffered from serious torture and persecution. I have been maimed."

The letter then provides a phone number for the author’s brother and claims his wife, who is also imprisoned, has been beaten.

The letter ends, "Now only the state leaders or media exposure can help to save me."

Primark has provided a statement to Newstalk.com in which they say that they have carried out an “unannounced inspections” of the factory and there is no "link between the garment, the author of the note nor any evidence of forced labour."

Newstalk has also rang the number provided by the author and it was out of service.

H/T: Newstalk.com