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Article

16 Feb 2011

Author:
Laogai Research Foundation [USA]

Report: Building on the Backs of Prisoners: Examining the Imports of a Canadian Construction Company [PDF]

...This case is merely a example of a supply chain system that...deliberately hides the means of production from consumers. Such trade financially supports the Laogai, one of the most repressive prison systems in the world...LRF calls upon the governments of Canada and China to uphold...laws and to take demonstrable steps to prevent future infractions. Laogai Research Foundation has uncovered evidence that...Inland Screw Piling...has imported products from a Chinese Laogai forced labor prison camp...Import records show that Inland Screw Piling received goods from Xinxiang Zhongke Mining Equipment Company...The address for Xinxiang Zhongke Mining Equipment Company is an exact match for Henan No. 2 Prison...Xinxiang Zhongke Mining Equipment Company’s website even denotes its location at the prison and boasts that the company is a “large-scale Laogai enterprise...

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