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Xinjiang Tebian Electric Corporation Teams Up with Changji Forced Labour Camp to Make Products with Slave Labour Exposing Slave Labour in a Company with International Distribution On March 2002, Xinjiang Tebian Electric Corporation (TBEA) made a formal agreement with the Xinjiang Changji Forced Labour Camp to set up a production unit at the Changji Labour Camp. They agreed to have Falun Gong practitioners and other detainees work for no compensation. Their only goal was to make a big profit for TBEA. The products are machine parts for the manufacture of utensils and other semi-finished products.
Each section has to turn over its earnings to retain its position in the Labour Camp. At the same time, all employees want to assure that their economic desires are met. Therefore, to assure that they maintain a high level of earnings, they cruelly persecute the detained Falun Gong practitioners and other detainees. They force the detainees to work continuously. If they resist, they are insulted and beaten. The supervision method is very simple but harsh. The policemen's minds are driven by greed, thus their depraved thoughts allow them to enslave and torture the detainees. They also have no qualms about extending the time in the labour camp of those they have enslaved. Another torture method is to keep the detainees hungry. Year-in and year-out, the detainees are fed only soup with some Chinese cabbage. (Note: This kind of food is low in calories and it is not nutritious. It is not enough to keep a person fully fed, but only enough to keep the person from dying.) They only are given a little bit of meat on some major holidays. During an inspection or visit, the Labour Camp will pretend to serve chicken and beef to fool the visitors. After the inspectors or visitors leave, the food will be taken away. The Labour Camp would also post menus, which show meals with meat as a smokescreen.
The TBEA workshop in No. 6 Brigade is divided into four small groups: cutting board machine group, assembly group, insulation finishing group, and wooden fixtures group. Many steadfast Falun Gong practitioners are forced to work in the TBEA workshop. They suffer a lot. This illegal TBEA workplace is poorly set up and thus the detainees are continuously exposed to dust and other pollutants. They produce the parts for the final products, but do not often have the tools or know-how to do it well. Thus the products would not pass quality control in a normal workplace, especially since the raw materials used are scraps and waste materials from TBEA. It is hard to imagine what kind of trouble products assembled under such conditions will bring the buyer. However, TBEA does not care about the suffering of the detainees, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and the inferior quality of the products, they only wish to continue to increase production to receive more and larger orders and make big profits. Besides Falun Gong practitioners, the staff members also suffer from the enslavement. Most of them are of low education and have no real technical skills. The Labour Camp does not perceive this as a major problem. In this so-called "Ministry Level Civilized Labour Camp," Commissar Zhu Xuefei (former commissar), Director Li Jianjiang (present commissar) and other ordinary policeman "diligently" insult and beat the detainees. A person without elementary education in the labour camp can be trained as a "skilled worker" within a very short time. As the detainees are not skilled with the proper use of the tools, suffer from long-term sleep deprivation and malnutrition, endure mental and physical torture from the policemen and the task leader, many of the detainees injure their fingers and feet. Yet, although they continue to suffer in these appalling conditions, they have no recourse and cannot stop working or they will be physically punished for "escaping from work." The detainees' bodies are in horrible condition. One can see open wounds, scratches and signs of beatings all over their entire bodies. TBEA announced that it publicly traded and was a well-recognized national level corporation in a good competitive situation. Besides Jiang Zemin's regime, including numerous Chinese government agencies, TBEA received favorite recommendations from foreign entities, such as the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS), U.S. Quality and Environmental Professional Safety, the International High Pressure industries, as well as companies from Italy. TBEA products are sold in Canada, Australia, Malaysia, India, Singapore, and twenty more countries and regions throughout the world. Yet no one seems to realize that components in TBEA's products are produced through slave labour in the labour camps. TBEA is secretly circumventing international trading laws as it is hiding from the international community the fact that components in its products are produced through slave labour. They suppress the fact that they are willing participants in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners at Changji Labour Camp in Xinjiang. They naturally do not disclose information that clearly shows that they are in violation of human rights and other international trade laws.
TBEA and China's inhuman labour camps should be condemned for intimidating and forcing detainees to work for huge profits. We condemn TBEA's board chairman, Zhang Xin, who is the congressional representative of Changji. He does not care about people's sufferings. Instead, he is blinded by financial gain and power, conceals his evil deeds, and colludes with Jiang's cohorts to brutally persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Xinjiang TBEA Corporation: Zhang Xin, Board Chairman of TBEA Corporation Telephone: 86-994-2721888 Fax: 86-994-2723615 E-mail: tbea-cj@mail.xj.cninfo.net
Han Yuze, Assistance to the TBEA General Manager Tel./Fax: 86-21-62078645; Mobile: 86-1391 6105 266 Wu Wei, Secretary of TBEA Resource South Yanan Road No. 52 Zip Code: 831100 Contact numbers: South Yanan Road No. 52 Xinjiang Province, Changji City E-mail: wuwei@tbea.com.cn£» xuejie@tbea.com.cn£» tbeahr@sohu.com Related telephone numbers£º The Standing Committee of the People's Congress, Changji city, Xinjiang Zip code: 831100 The Standing Committee of the People's Congress, Changji City, Xinjiang People's Government, Changji City, Xinjiang AR. Writ Section: 2342926 People's Government, Changji City, Xinjiang Business and Administration Management, Changji City, Xinjiang Business and Administration Management, Changji City, Xinjiang Legal Counsel's Bureau, Changji City, Xinjiang AR. Office: 86-994-2342992 Legal Counsel Bureau, Changji City, Xinjiang AR. Changji Prison, Xinjiang AR. The People's Court, Changji City, Xinjiang AR. The People's Court, Changji City, Xinjiang AR. Consumer's report line of the Business & Administration Management, Changji City, Xinjiang: 12315 Mailing address£º Changji Labour Camp, Wujiaqu, Xinjiang AR. Corrupt Personnel in Changji Labour Camp, Xinjiang AR: Zhu Xuefei, former commissioner; Changji Labour Camp, present commissioner, Wusu Labour Camp, Xinjiang AR. The Standing Committee of the People's Congress, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Operator: 86-991-4828065 Address£ºNorth Youhao Road, Urumqi City, Xinjiang AR. Zip Code£º830000
People's Government, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. People's Government of Urumqi City, Xinjiang AR. Business and Administration Management Bureau, Urumqi City, Xinjiang AR. The Square Deal Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur AR. Vice-Director General's Office: 86-991-2811873, 2811409 Business and Administration Management Bureau, Urumqi City, Xinjiang AR. The Justice Office, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous AR. Zip Code: 830000 86-991-2827205(Office)86-991-5835858(Home)86-13909917816(Mobile) Justice Bureau of Urumqi City, Xinjiang AR. Xinjiang Urumqi City Management Bureau of Labour Camp Justice Office of Labour Camp Management Xinjiang Province
Published: Wednesday 24th March 2004 http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200403/18591.html |
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