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Masanjia Labor Camp (马三家劳教所) is in Masanjia Town in Yuhong district in the Liaoning province of China. It also is called the Ideology Education School of Liaoning Province and was opened under China's re-education through labor, or 'laojiao' policy. Dr. Veron Mei-ying Hung reported to the United States Congressional Executive Commission on China in 2002 that:

China has not disclosed the exact number of Falun Gong followers held in re-education through labor camps. But it confirmed in January 2001 that at least 470 followers were held at the Masanjia Education-Through-Labour Education Institution in Liaoning Province and the official media reported in August 2001 that “th camp has also succeeded in `re-educating’ more than 90 per cent of the 1,000 female Falun Gong members housed there.”

According to the People's Daily it is the institution most heavily attacked by Li Hongzhi and his organisation. The Falun Gong organisation abroad claimed many members of Falun Gong had been tortured.

Most Masanjia Labor Camp Falun Gong practitioners have been moved to Sujiatun, another labor camp nearby.

On December 23, 2012, the Oregonian reported that an American woman found a letter, written in English, stuffed into a Halloween decoration set she had purchased at a Kmart. The letter, whose authenticity has not been verified, said that the set was assembled in unit 8, department 2 of Masanjia forced labor camp. It went on to describe forced labor conditions in the camp, and noted that many of the detainees held there were Falun Gong practitioners held without trial. Under U.S. law, it is illegal to import items manufactured through forced labor. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly looking into the allegations contained in the letter.

References

  1. "Liaoning Masanjia Labor Camp".
  2. Mei-ying Hung, Veron. "Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Punishment of Minor Crimes in China". United States Congressional Executive Commission on China. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  3. "People's Daily".
  4. Gittings, John (February 20, 2001). "the guardian". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  5. "Epoch Times".
  6. Rachel Stark, The Oregonian (2012). "Halloween decorations carry haunting message of forced labor".

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