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facing the wall to reflect on your mistakes, or being made to crouch in a
bent-knee position. The staff and workers often have to work from 7am to
midnight. Many have fallen sick… It is not easy even to get permission for
a drink of water during working hours. 85
It should not be imagined that this was an exceptional case stem-
ming from the cruelty of the local managers in charge. Similar condi-

tions exist in factories all over China, and particularly those in East
Turkestan. Fines and penalties imposed for just about anything are
among the most prominent features of such places. Among the forms of
behavior that can lead to the imposition of such sanctions are laughing
and talking during working hours, loitering in company premises out-
side of working hours, and leaving the lights on. Even the length of
time workers can spend in the toilet is strictly supervised. There are
even cases where employees are fined two days' wages for going to the
toilet more than twice a day. 86
As in many other fields, the brutality and violence that are so
much a part of the communist system are meted out by troops and the
police in the workplace. Security officers use electric prods to enforce
obedience to company regulations, and are in constant collaboration
with the local police. This serves to prevent any protest by workers

about their working conditions or unpaid wages.

"Whenever he holds the upper hand, he goes

about the earth corrupting it, destroying
(people's) crops and animals. Allah does not love
corruption." (Surat al-Baqara: 205)

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar