Posted on 02/02/2022 7:46:12 PM PST by anthropocene_x
A whistleblower who exposed illegal working conditions in a factory making Amazon’s Alexa devices says he was tortured before being jailed by Chinese authorities.
Tang Mingfang, 43, was jailed after he revealed how the Foxconn factory in the southern Chinese city of Hengyang used schoolchildren working illegally long hours to manufacture Amazon’s popular Echo, Echo Dot and Kindle devices.
He described how he was beaten by his interrogators, handcuffed in stress positions until he could take no more and signed a confession to the crime of infringing trade secrets.
He said that before his arrest he saw a foreigner whom he believed to be one of the Amazon staff going through his desk drawer and checking the pockets of his uniform on his chair.
“I refused to sign seven times, and they got angry and handcuffed me to the bottom of the iron frame, unable to stand, squat, sit; only bending, half squatting all night. In the early morning, I could not stand any more,” he said.
When Tang’s 80-year-old father learned of his son’s imprisonment, he was taken ill and although his family asked for a temporary release on compassionate grounds, the request was refused. “My family wanted to give me a chance to see my father for the last time, so they delayed the funeral by three days. This is my biggest regret and the main reason why I would like to keep appealing,” he said.
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"China is a respectable nation. I deeply believe that" -Dianne Feinstein
"We have nothing to fear from China" -Joe Biden
IMO, Amazon needs to be knocked down several notches. But Amazon won’t bend unless the heat is on them.
I feel powerless over this article. When US citizens feel powerless, something is wrong.
Tang Mingfang...
Coming soon to most cities and states near you...
‘The ones driven by religious or moral convictions, they are the most dangerous, worse if they become a martyr.’
That should be cut and pasted into ones product reviews on the site…
If he thinks that the people that buy and use these devices care if he was arrested and tortured, he is in for a rude awakening. He is heading for a heartbreak.
But it was a compassionate, loving torture!!!
Communists acting like Communists. Who would have thought?/s
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