Chinese guards 'forced prisoners to play video games,' so they can make money

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Chinese prisoners were forced to play computer games at night to earn credits which the guards would sell in a lucrative scam, according to a report.

Former prisoner Liu Dali* told British newspaper The Guardian he was made to break rocks and dig trenches during the day and play online games at night.

Mr Liu said about 300 prisoners at the Jixi labour camp in north-east China were forced into the moneymaking scheme.

He said ‘‘prison bosses’’ made more money from enforced gaming than manual labour.

‘‘We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp. I heard them say they could earn 5000 to 6000 yuan ($728-$873) a day. We didn’t see any of the money. The computers were never turned off,’’ he was quoted as saying.

Mr Liu said prison guards would beat inmates who failed to meet their ‘‘quota’’ of credits and forced prisoners to play beyond exhaustion.

‘‘We kept playing until we could barely see things’’.

Millions of gamers around the world buy credits generated in games such as World of Warcraft, according to the newspaper.

Gamers earn credits by completing repetitive tasks in a practice known as ‘‘gold farming’’.

According to the report there are 100,000 full-time gold farmers in China.

Mr Liu, who was jailed for three years in 2004, believes forced gaming remains rampant in China.

‘‘Many prisons across the north-east of China also forced inmates to play games. It must still be happening’’ he said.

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