Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. in Henan Province Uses Slave Labour in Forced Labour Camps

Xuchang City in Henan Province is a major production centre for wig products in China. When the Henan Province No. 3 Forced Labour Camp was on the verge of bankruptcy, the labour camp abducted many Falun Gong practitioners and forced them to do slave labour making wig products for export. The labour camp survived and prospered this way. Qu Shuangcai, the former labour camp head, is favoured by his superiors for his zeal in persecuting Falun Gong. In May 2003 he was transferred to the Shibalihe Female Labour Camp in Zhenzhou City and put in charge of that labour camp. Right away he signed a contract with Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. in Xuchang City. In addition, within several months, three female Falun Gong practitioners were tortured to death.

No. 3 Labour Camp Gets Rich Exploiting Falun Gong Practitioners' Labour

Yuzhou County (in Xuchang City) and Xuchang City, Henan Province is a major manufacturing centre for wig products in China. Great amounts of them are sold to the U.S. and European markets. The chairman of the board of Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc, who is also the general manager and a distributor, resides in the U.S. Henan Province No. 3 Labour Camp in Xuchang City is located between Xuchang City and Yuzhou County. Many of these wig product factories don't hire many employees outright; instead, they rely heavily on the slave labour of detainees in forced labour camps, jails and detention centres, including many illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners.

Guard Shen Jianwei from No. 3 Labour Camp often said, "A while back, when the labour camp was short of funding and was about to be shut down, many Falun Gong practitioners were relocated to there to compensate. The government allocated 20,000 Yuan to 'reform' each practitioner. The labour camp used eight million Yuan of government funding to construct residential buildings to encourage the guards to persecute these practitioners." Right now, the labour camp is "buying" Falun Gong practitioners as slaves from other places for 800 Yuan each, to increase its volume of products. Whoever shouts "Falun Dafa is good" at the labour camp is tortured.

Qu Shuangcai Escalates the Persecution of Falun Gong

Qu Shuangcai, head of the No. 3 Labour Camp, has committed countless crimes He has become a favourite of his superiors and as a result was transferred to the Shibalihe Female Labour Camp in Zhenzhou City and promoted to head of the labour camp. He immediately signed a contract with Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. in Xuchang City, and brought straight jackets with him. Within several months three female Falun Gong practitioners were tortured to death.

Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Yali, in her 30's, was one of the practitioners who was tortured to death in a straight jackets. She was an accountant at the No. 2 Oil Extraction plant of the Oil Exploration Bureau in Henan Province. Her husband was the deputy manager of the plant. Their daughter is a junior high school student. Zhang Yali was very responsible at work and worked diligently and was very kind. She proactively carried out any assignments at work and was well liked by her colleagues.

The straight jackets are made of fine canvas. They are forced on the victim from the front and tightened from the back. The sleeves are about 10 inches longer than the victim's arms, with straps on them. The persecutors force determined Dafa practitioners to wear the strait jackets, and then pull their arms, cross and then tie their arms behind their backs. Then they pull their arms up over their shoulders to the front of their chest, tie up practitioners' legs and hang them up in the air from a window. At the same time, they gag practitioners' mouths with cloth, put earphones in their ears and continuously play messages that slander Dafa. According to eyewitness accounts, people who suffer this torture quickly sustain broken arms and torn tendons in their shoulders, wrists and elbows. Those who endure this torture for a long time may break their spines or die in agonising pain. On May 22, 2003, a female Dafa practitioner in her 40's was tortured this way for a day and a night. When she was released from the strait jacket on May 23, her body was cold. In order to conceal their crime, the police ordered drug addicts, and criminals Yan Ping and Fu Jinyu to carry her body to a nearby hospital for an injection. Afterwards they claimed she died from a sudden illness and hastily cremated her body.

Crimes Behind "National Civilized Work Unit"

Only male detainees are held at No. 3 Labour Camp of Henan Province in southwestern Xuchang City. More than 800 people, including illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners, are detained at this No. 3 Forced Labour Camp. They are forced to work overtime, day and night, under the high-pressure and cruel control of the guards. If the workers make a slight mistake, the guards slap, kick and verbally abuse them. This labour camp was awarded the "National Civilized Work Unit" citation from the Central Politics and Law Committee "610 Office" and the Labour Camp Bureau, for persecuting Falun Gong. At the time the award was put up, three detainees fainted from exhaustion.

Young practitioners Mr. Li Jian from Zhengyang County, Zhumadian City, and Mr. Yao Sanzhong, an outstanding teacher in Luohe City, were tortured to death at the labour camp. The labour camp authorities lied and claimed they died of "natural causes." When Dafa practitioners questioned the officials, they tied up the practitioners with ropes, taped their mouths shut, shocked them with electric batons, hit them with rubber clubs and subjected them to a torture called the "Tiger Bench" or some psychological torment. They also increased the practitioners' workload. If the practitioners do not complete them on time, they are not allowed to sleep; they are forced to stand against the wall and their terms are illegally extended.

Names of Persecutors at the No. 3 Labour Camp

Aside from Qu Shuangcai, the former head of labour camp, guards at Henan Province No. 3 Labour Camp include Shi Baolong, Ma Huating, Tan Junmin, Ren Gaoqiang (the former political head of the Falun Gong Division, currently the head of the Education Section; he is very vicious) Dong Jianchao, Li Xinjie, Jia Zigang (head of the Falun Gong team, very vicious) and Zhao Zhimin. In order to make money for themselves and get promotions, they viciously persecute Falun Gong practitioners and extort money from them in a villainous manner. Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yukun from Anyang City was beaten until a bone in his leg broke; practitioner Pang Liang's arms were broken and nearly lost function, but the labour camp authorities would not allow them to have medical treatment and refused to release them. Falun Gong practitioners illegally detained at labour camps in Henan Province are being brutally persecuted and are completely deprived of their most basic human rights.

We call for all just governments, organisations, businesses and individuals to resist the sale and consumption of these wig products, which have on them the blood of Dafa practitioners who abide by the principle of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance. In the business world, there is a proverb saying "a truly good person profits through humane means." If we allow the sale of such hair products, aren't we helping the evil persecution? If there is no demand for such hair products, the evil labour camps would lose their profitability and base for persecution.

We call for all just governments, business people and other people in the world to pay attention to the labour camps that are utilizing Falun Gong practitioners' slave labour. Learn from the practitioners around you, especially from those who are unwilling to give up their belief and were illegally detained in labour camps in China; learn the true story about products made by Falun Gong practitioners who are forced to do slave labour in the labour camps in China. We call for everyone who knows the facts to resist and expose the crimes with their conscience and power of justice, to expose the pre-arranged visits and shows hosted by labour camps in China that are used to cover up their crimes.

Information about Rebecca Hair Products, Inc in Henan Province

Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc is a joint-capital entity co-owned by Sun Ah Company in the US. Its products can be directly shipped and sold in the US. On October 19, 1999, Henan Province People's Government approved the company and on October 24, 1999, the company was registered at the Henan Province Industry and Commercial Administration Bureau. The company's registered capital is 66,000,000 Yuan and it mainly produces and sells hair products. It was learned that five series and more than one thousand hair products including Human Hair Weaving, Bulk, Synthetic Hair Weaving, Synthetic Wigs, Men's Toupees and Mannequin Wigs are very popular in more than 30 countries and regions including North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, etc.

In June 2003, the company distributed 24,000,000 shares of A stock, and the total company stock increased to 90,000,000 shares.

This company is the only enterprise within its trade that is accredited to ISO9002 certification in China, and its product quality was listed as trade standard in Henan Province. Li Changchun, Hou Zongbin, Chen Kuiyuan, Li Keqiang, Liu Junfeng and other Chinese top officials inspected the company.

Main Persons in Charge of the Company

Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc Zhen Youquan Address: No. 288 South Wenfeng Road, Xuchang City, Henan Province Telephone/fax: 86-374-5134517

Secretary of Director's Board: Lu Xinyao Address: No. 288 South Wenfeng Road, Xuchang City, Henan Province Phone: 86-374-5136699 Fax: 86-374-5136567 Zip code: 461100

Zhen Youquan, male, Chinese, born in 1954, college graduate, senior economist and a representative to the tenth meeting of the National People's Congress. In 1983 to 1989, he was the head of Xiaogong Handicraft Factory; from 1990 to 1993, he was the head of Xuchang County Hair Product Factory General; from 1993 to 1999, he was the chairman of the board and general manager of Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc; from 1999 to March 2001, he was chairman of the board and general manager of Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. Right now, he is the chairman of the board.

Zhen Youzhi, male, Chinese, born in 1957, high school graduate. From 1981 to 1989, he was the deputy head of Xiaogong Handicraft Factory; from 1990 to 1992, he was the deputy head of Xuchang County Hair Product Factory General; from 1993 to 1999, he was the deputy general manager of Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc; from 1999 to March 2001, he was the deputy chairman and deputy general manager of Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. Right now, he is the general manager.

Lu Xinyao, male, Chinese, born in 1958, junior college graduate, economist. From 1985 to 1999, he was the section chief and deputy head at No. 2 Industry Bureau of Xuchang County; from 2000 to March 2001, he was a secretary for the director's board for the Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. Right now, he is a board member and secretary for the company board.

Wu Junan, male, Chinese, born in 1967, college graduate, is a registered accountant and economist. From 1988 to 1993, he was a head accountant and financial administrator at Xuchang County Electric Machinery Repairing Plant; from 1994 to January 2000, he was the head accountant and manager of the financial division at Zhaofeng Ceramics (Henan Changfeng) External Tiles Co., Ltd; from February 2000 up until now, he is the chief financial inspector at the Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc.

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