Speculation that Chinese criminals may work on Baha Mar 'baseless'

Sun, Sep 19th 2010, 11:00 PM

By MEGAN REYNOLDS

Tribune Staff Reporter

mreynolds@tribunemedia.net

SPECULATION that thousands of Chinese criminals will be brought in to build Baha Mar have been called baseless allegations by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Nassau.

Concerns raised in the local press suggested the Chinese government has chosen convicts from its overcrowded prisons to work on foreign projects and may do the same when they bring in 8,150 workers to construct Baha Mar.

Editorial writers called on government to exercise due diligence in vetting their work permits if the foreign labour is approved as concerns stemmed from an article published in a Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mai ...

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