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Article

27 Dec 2012

Author:
Helen Pow, Daily Mail [UK]

Plea for help from Chinese labor camp worker paid $1.61 per MONTH found stuffed in Oregon woman's Halloween decorations from Kmart

Julie Keith expected to find Styrofoam headstones in the graveyard kit she bought at Kmart for Halloween. What she didn't expect was a desperate plea for help from one of the Chinese laborers…[She] discovered the chilling letter hidden between the two novelty headstones…‘Sir: If you occasionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization,' the unsigned note…read. 'Thousands people here who are under the persicution [sic] of the Chinese Communist Party Government….' The letter's author said the Halloween product was made in Masanjia Labor Camp in Shenyang, China, where laborers are forced to work for 15 hours a day without time off on the weekends and holidays. 'Otherwise, they will suffer torturement, beat and rude remark. [sic] Nearly no payment,' they wrote…Sears Holdings Corporation, which owns Kmart, said in a statement that it was also investigating the matter…