European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 31, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7firm to Stop using chinese prison labor Beijing up a a joint venture company producing wine coolers for the Canadian distiller Seagram has acknowledged that chinese political prisoners were used to make packages for the product but says it will halt the  a we re an innocent party a said Philip Leung the manager of Shanghai Seagram limited which began marketing Seagram Swine coolers and French Brandy in Shanghai last july. Unknown to Seagram Leung said its local packaging suppliers had contracted labor in a Wing of Shanghai prison where a a counterrevolutionary inmates Are held. The term refers to political offences against the communist regime. The arrangement came to Light when a delegation of lawyers from the american bar association toured the prison last week. The group requested and was allowed to visit the a political prisoners Wing according to James Feinerman a China scholar at Georgetown University who accompanied the lawyers. The lawyers were shown cells holding 65 men serving sentences from eight to 10 years for unspecified a a counterrevolutionary crimes including a a Man from Hong Kong in his 30s,�?� Feinerman said.3 hangings in India tied to caste feud new Delhi India apr two Young men and a 16-year-old girl were hanged because a Village Council decreed they violated taboos segregating higher caste hindus from outcasts newspapers reported saturday. The Council had decreed that one outcast and the daughter of a landowning caste had eloped in Defiance of age old bans on Contact Between outcasts and caste hindus the newspapers said. A second outcast a among the class considered a untouchable Quot by society a was hanged As an accomplice in Behrana Village 100 Miles South of new Delhi. Police have arrested 16 people including the girls brother and father and were searching for 21 others though no charges have yet been filed the Hindustan times said. A a a. A a a a a a a a a newspapers said the details of the alleged elopement were unclear but indicated that a higher class boy May also have been involved but was not prosecuted by officials in the Village. In Behrana As in so Many Indian villages the word of the upper castes is what counts. The practice of a a untouchability was de Clarid illegal when India became Independent from Britain in 1947. Most had been behind bars for several years he said. Wardens told the group that four or five women convicted of political crimes lived in a separate Wing of the prison which holds 4,000 inmates. The visit was rare in a country that maintains it has no political prisoners despite the recent trials and sen Tennings of scores of dissidents for political crimes linked to the 1989 pro democracy movement. Leaving the prison the lawyers noticed a Large stack of cardboard six pack Cartons printed with the Seagram a logo. They were told the Cartons were assembled by the political prisoners. A we took one of the Cartons but prison officials later got nervous and asked us to return it a Feinerman a said. A a. A a a a a a a a a a a a Leung reached by Telephone at his Shanghai office said the work had been contracted by a third party without his knowledge and vowed to find another supplier. Shanghai Seagram is a division of Seagram co. Ltd. Of Toronto and is Shanghai a first sino Canadian joint venture. A Leung said he discovered that his local packaging manager had known about the prison agreement but had t mentioned it because he a did no to think it was  according to Leung. Shanghai Seagram hired a sino singaporean printing firm to manufacture the cardboard carrying cases. The printing company then hired a local middleman who contracted peasants and political prisoners to glue the Cartons together without Seagram a knowledge Leung said. A i Don t like it and we better put a Stop to it a Leung said. He said he had instructed his packaging manager to fire the middleman and investigate the situation at Shanghai prison. Shanghai Seagram limited a joint venture with the China distillery in Shanghai currently operates at one third to one Quarter its annual capacity of 300, cases. A. A a a a a a a a a. A the joint venture was established with an initial investment of $8 million with each partner contributing half. Seagram has launched an advertising Campaign in Shanghai since its opening last november and sales so far have been a very Good a Leung said. The coolers sell for about $1 domestically with Southeast Asia and Hong Kong targeted As future Export  protest . Presence coca Leaf Farmers from Colombia Peru and Bolivia March through the streets of la Paz Bolivia on thursday. The group of Farmers estimated at 3,000, was protesting the decision of bolivian president Jaime Paz Zamora to authorize the presence of 112 . Military advisers to train the bolivian army in anti drug operations. Lebanese foreign minister says  Jet makes a. R. Emergency Landing hostage talks in final stage Beirut Lebanon up a lebanese foreign Minster fares Bueiz said Friday negotiations for the release of 12 westerners held hostage by pro iranian fundamentalist groups Are in the final stage with the raptors a trying to get the Best Price for their  a the Case of the Western hostages theoretically reached an end but became a subject for bargaining a Bueiz said during an interview at his residence in the Christian neighbourhood of Ashrafi Yeh. A their plight has taken a commercial aspect and negotiations now focused on monetary technicalities a the Tii Nister said. A the kidnappers Are trying to get the dest Price for their  a pro iranian fundamentalist groups Are believed behind he kidnapping of . Nationals Terry Anderson Thomas Sutherland Joseph Cicippio Edward Tracy Alann Steen and Jesse Turner britons Terry Waite John Mccarthy and Jack Mann germans Thomas Kemptner and Henrich Struebig and italian Alberto Molinari. Bueiz said Iran a new policy regarding Lebanon and its eagerness to establish Strong and deep ties with the lebanese government will help end the hostages plight. A such a policy will undoubtedly reflect on Iran a allies in Lebanon a he said referring to the smooth deployment of the lebanese army two months ago in Beirut a Southern suburbs a stronghold of the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god and the location where a number of hostages were believed held. A now that lebanese troops maintain order in the Southern suburbs it has become very difficult and delicate to keep the hostages there a Bueiz said. Asked about a recent report saying some hostages have been moved to the Southern City of Sidon or the Hezbollah controlled ancient City of Baalbek in Eastern Lebanon Bueiz said he had no information whatsoever on the captives whereabouts. Stephenville Newfoundland a a Virgin Atlantic airways Jet carrying More than 300 passengers and Crew made an emergency Landing in this Small Western Newfoundland town Friday after a warning Light indicated a fire aboard. Airport manager David Bussey said there was no fire and the Boeing 747 landed without incident. Flight 002 had been bound for London from Newark . Passengers stayed in area hotels and left for London on Friday night on a replacement aircraft an air transit l10u. The Virgin Atlantic aircraft remained in Stephenville and will be flown to the United states after being checked by technicians Bussey said. A the Pilot had a Light in the cockpit that indicated a fire in the Forward starboard hold a Bussey said. A the landed and disembarked the passengers and our firemen checked the hold but there was no sign of any  the airline could not be reached for comments its London offices were closed for the easter Holiday. The original flight was scheduled to arrive in London at 7 . Friday