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Article

17 Apr 2017

Author:
Farah Master, Reuters (UK)

Chinese construction workers building casino on Saipan protest over unpaid wages after FBI cites construction firm for illegally importing labour

Saipan casino workers protest for payment as FBI cites illegal labour, 14 Apr 2017

More than 50 construction workers hired for a casino resort on the Pacific island of Saipan staged a street protest on Friday demanding to be paid, after their employer was charged with illegally importing Chinese workers on tourist visas.  The Chinese workers, who entered Saipan on tourist visas and are not allowed to work, demanded that casino contractor MCC International Saipan, a unit of state-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd, pay them wages, said eye witnesses... MCC did not respond to a request for comment...

 Imperial Pacific operates the Best Sunshine Live casino in Saipan. MCC is one of the contractors engaged to complete construction of the casino resort. "Imperial Pacific International is strongly reiterating that it does not condone the hiring and or employment of individuals by illegal means," the company said in an email to Reuters... 

MCC, together with Beilida Overseas (CNMI) Ltd, were charged by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 3 with illegally importing and employing Chinese workers, including one who died in March, court documents showed.  Saipan is part of the Northern Mariana Islands [US territory]...