Crap on the Most Vulnerable...Again

I was quite harsh on the treatment of Bangladeshis and other 5th class citizens the last time I was here. The natives could really do with a "Fr. Ted" (a kick up the arse!) in this respect, e.g. for the shoddy treatment of maids (no time off, long hours & occasional beatings) and construction workers (having to live on the site and work long hours for little reward).

Well, they are at it again! Who's the first to suffer in the downturn? Not the developer in his mansion or the agent taking a cut for each slave, that's for sure. Some 179 Bangladeshi construction workers were left jobless, homeless and foodless yesterday without any notice whatsoever. Most claimed not to gave got their pittance for up to 3 months. They had to beg the media for the government to give them food as they hadn't eaten for a day. The agent just vamoosed (with their passports of course), leaving them practically destitute in their dormitory, the rent for which was unpaid. Yes, it's a great country alright.