`` Message that Chinese prisoners complain of forced labor '' mixed in children's Christmas card
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A six-year-old girl from the United Kingdom found a ' forced labor ' message written by a Chinese prisoner in a Christmas card she bought at a supermarket.
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Elementary school student Florence Widicome, who lives in southern London, discovered this message. When Widycombe tried to send a message to his friend with a Christmas card, he discovered that one card had already been written. The writings are all in English and say, 'We are foreign prisoners at Shanghai Qingpu Prison, China. We are forced to work contrary to our will. Please help us. '
This Christmas card was sold by Tesco, a major UK supermarket chain. Tesco has stopped producing Christmas cards following the possibility of including prisons in the supply chain for Christmas card production. `` We cannot accept the use of forced labor in the manufacture of our products, '' said the company, which shut down the Zhejiang Yunuang plant that produced the Christmas card in question and started investigating. Announced.
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According to Tesco, the factory in question was audited last month and no evidence of forced labor has been found. Zhejiang Yunhiro India said, 'I was aware of the problem for the first time after being interviewed by foreign media. Our company has nothing to do with prisons. Is there any evidence that we worked for prisoners? ? 'and
The Christmas card in question also contained the text, 'Contact Peter Humphrey.' Humphrey is a former journalist who has been detained for 23 months in Shanghai Qingpu Prison. Humphrey used his background to contact the Shanghai Qingpu Prison Friendship Club, a private group of people who had been detained in Shanghai Qingpu Prison, and began an independent investigation. He found that the person who wrote this message was a man who was once in prison at the same time as Mr. Humphrey.
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According to Humphrey, there was no forced labour around 2014, when Humphrey himself was imprisoned, but 'the situation changed after his release and labor became mandatory.' At the time when Humphrey was imprisoned, the prisoners were making fashion products such as H & M and C & A.
Humphrey also pointed out that the prison conditions were poor since that time. It seems that 12 people were incarcerated in the prison of Shanghai Qingpu Prison, the bed posts were rusted, and the mattress was only 1 cm thick. In addition, it is very cold in winter because of no air conditioner, and very hot in summer. Humphrey also testified that he was denied necessary medical care while in jail.
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