The PLA never takes hard measures to POWs. 中国人民解放军从不虐待俘虏。
As a result they had very little food or clothing and underwent a lot of mistreatment from the uncle and his family.They were starved and forced to do hard work. 密勒日巴一家只能得到极少的一点衣食,还经常遭到伯父一家的虐待,他们饥饿不堪还被迫要去做苦工。