Friday, December 28, 2012

Letter request for help found in toy box

Mail pleas for help (Photo: NY Daily News)

OREGON - A woman found a note in the box of toys that are still sealed. The letter contains a request for help that was written by one of the workers who work in labor camps that exist in China.

A woman from Oregon, United States (U.S.) named Julie Keith, found the letter in a box of toys "Graveyard Halloween Kit" that has been bought from Kmart. The letter was written and folded neatly tucked away in the toy box is still sealed.

In the letter, the author pleading for help of the outside world for to end the inhumane working environment and labor camps in China.

"If you buy this product, please re-send this letter to the World Organization for Human Rights," writing in the letter, as quoted by the NY Daily News, Friday (12/28/2012).

When Julie Keith opened the toy box, he discovered that the application letter. The letter was written in English, but not signed. Chinese characters mixed with English writing very neatly written disurat it.

Keith said he found the letter in a state of folded and tucked into styrofoam. 42-year-old woman felt compelled to investigate. "I fully believe it was real," said Keith,

"Thousands of people here are under persecution from the Chinese Communist Party government will thank you and remember you forever," Keith said as he read the letter.

Author of the letter was explaining that Halloween toys made ​​in unit 8, 2 Department of Masanjia Labor Camp in Shenyang, China.

"The people who work here have to work 15 hours a day without Saturday, Sunday and every holiday break. Otherwise, they will be punished and rude comments. Almost no payment (10 yuan / 1 month)," said the author was in letter.

Later, Keith post a picture letter on his Facebook account and asked for feedback from the World Organization for Human Rights. World Organization for Human Rights finally have seen the letter and gave his response.

"We are not in a position to confirm the authenticity or origin of the letter," said Sophie Richardson, director of the Human Rights Organization of China.

For several decades, China has been running a labor camp for people who often do a scene. Masanjia labor camps located in Liaoning Province in northeast China.

Meanwhile, the Sears Holdings Corporation, which operates Kmart, said that to ensure that factories producing merchandise for our company to comply with certain program requirements, and local laws relating to labor standards and working practices.

"We understand this, and will continue to investigate," said the Sears Holdings Corporation.


Source:  NY Daily News  

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