At least 10 in Falun Gong reported dead in camp At least 10 members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement have died in a reeducation camp in what authorities told family members was a group suicide, according to reports from a Hong Kong-based human rights group and overseas Falun Gong officials. Frank Lu, director of the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, said the 10 dead Falun Gong practitioners were among 16 who hanged themselves in the Wanjia camp near Harbin in northern China on June 20 after their sentences were extended for staging a hunger strike to protest beatings by guards. The government has acknowledged some of the deaths but has attributed them to suicides or medical conditions. Rival gangs fought using guns and fragmentation grenades, officials said. The federal prison houses an explosive mix of inmates, including leftist rebels, rival rightist paramilitary members and drug traffickers.
Corrupt guards look the other way as arms of all sorts are smuggled into the jail.
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