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Banshkhali shooting: Eminent citizens urge China to bring its companies to book
Star Digital Report
Eighty-one eminent citizens today urged the Chinese government to bring to book Chinese companies involved with SS Power I Plant in Chattogram's Banshkhali upazila, where seven workers were killed in police firing during a protest on April 17.
The citizens' group, consisting of academics, lawyers, university professors, rights activists, politicians, filmmakers, writers, cultural activists, NGO executives and journalists, made the demand through a letter to Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming.
Dr Asif Nazrul, Anu Muhammad, Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua, Sultana Kamal, Khusi Kabir, Meghna Guhathakurta, CR Abrar, Azfar Hossain, Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan, Zonayed Saki, among others, signed the letter.
They raised their concerns over the killings since the initiation of the project -- once in 2016 when five locals were killed in police firing and the recent one on April 17 when seven workers of the power plant died the same way.
The letter said the coal-fired power plant in Banshkhali is a joint venture where SEPCO-111 Power Construction Corporation and China & HTG Development Group Company Limited are involved with investment from The China Development Bank, Bank of China and China Construction Bank, which amount to 71.71 percent of the total budget.
"The project profiles confirm that the government of China cannot evade its responsibility for the killings and violent incidents that we have been witnessing since the initiation of this energy project," it said.
"We note that the Chinese government has decided to abandon coal-fired plants in China in the future. But the same government is doing the opposite in the coastal areas of Bangladesh," the letter read.
The letter said the demands of the workers who died in police firing on April 17 on the premises of SS Power I Plant were straightforward and not illegal in any sense, and were ensured under Bangladesh's Labour Law-2006.
The citizens condemned the killings and urged the Chinese government to ensure justice for the workers by bringing those responsible in the Chinese company to book as per the law of People's Republic of China.
The letter also shed light on the squalid and unhygienic living conditions of the workers, putting them at risk of contracting Covid-19.
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Star Digital Report
Eighty-one eminent citizens today urged the Chinese government to bring to book Chinese companies involved with SS Power I Plant in Chattogram's Banshkhali upazila, where seven workers were killed in police firing during a protest on April 17.
The citizens' group, consisting of academics, lawyers, university professors, rights activists, politicians, filmmakers, writers, cultural activists, NGO executives and journalists, made the demand through a letter to Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming.
Dr Asif Nazrul, Anu Muhammad, Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua, Sultana Kamal, Khusi Kabir, Meghna Guhathakurta, CR Abrar, Azfar Hossain, Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan, Zonayed Saki, among others, signed the letter.
They raised their concerns over the killings since the initiation of the project -- once in 2016 when five locals were killed in police firing and the recent one on April 17 when seven workers of the power plant died the same way.
The letter said the coal-fired power plant in Banshkhali is a joint venture where SEPCO-111 Power Construction Corporation and China & HTG Development Group Company Limited are involved with investment from The China Development Bank, Bank of China and China Construction Bank, which amount to 71.71 percent of the total budget.
"The project profiles confirm that the government of China cannot evade its responsibility for the killings and violent incidents that we have been witnessing since the initiation of this energy project," it said.
"We note that the Chinese government has decided to abandon coal-fired plants in China in the future. But the same government is doing the opposite in the coastal areas of Bangladesh," the letter read.
The letter said the demands of the workers who died in police firing on April 17 on the premises of SS Power I Plant were straightforward and not illegal in any sense, and were ensured under Bangladesh's Labour Law-2006.
The citizens condemned the killings and urged the Chinese government to ensure justice for the workers by bringing those responsible in the Chinese company to book as per the law of People's Republic of China.
The letter also shed light on the squalid and unhygienic living conditions of the workers, putting them at risk of contracting Covid-19.
Banshkhali shooting: Eminent citizens urge China to bring its companies to book
Eighty-one eminent citizens today urged the Chinese government to bring to book Chinese companies involved with SS Power I Plant in Chattogram's Banshkhali upazila, where seven workers were killed in police firing during a protest on April 17.
