Nazi Germany’s infamous Gestapo secret police are long gone but its crimes have not been forgotten. But what’s less known is that the communist regime in China also has a Gestapo-like agency whose sole mission is to brutalize and persecute innocent civilians deemed enemies of the state.
The agency, called the “610 Office,” has been in existence since 1999.
Over the years, victims have recounted the merciless attitude of those working at the shadowy body.
“When no one is around, nobody will ever know if I beat you to death,” Wang Xin said. Wang, a staff member at a county-level 610 Office in China’s northeastern Shangdong Province, was known for brutally beating his victims and subjecting them to forced feeding….