CCA employed the Chinese workers. But these miscreants tried to make it seem in Parliament as if Sarkis was the employer who withheld their documents, and nobody on the Opposition side corrected their wilful deception, or challenged them to state why they did not take this issue up with CCA if it concerned them so much.

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Never mind the withholding of personal documentation by the Government's 'partners',
"Parliament approved the issuance of 8,150 work permits for non-Bahamian construction workers" - how COULD they with so many unemployed and struggling in this Bahamas?

Trust the voters go into the coming election with eyes wide open.

> Trust the voters go into the coming election with eyes wide open.

And since everyone in Parliament voted yes to this at the time...

And I'll bet no NIB contributions were made by or for any Chinese national "enslaved here" by the PLP and their partners in human trafficking!

The PLP government has become a "partner in crime" with the Chinese government ..... how can the Free World approve these Chinese -Third World psuedo-economic bondages????????

Ah no worries, we are used to slave labour. When the Cuban eye doctors came here, their families were held hostage to ensure their return.

I am sure that life is pretty miserable for the Chinese construction workers. No wonder they defecated in the unfinished rooms, and did shoddy workmanship. They were virtual prisoners in a land where they did not understand the language.

It's by no means uncommon though for lower paying jobs. My godmother's niece decided that she wanted to see the world and work. She worked as a nanny and was hired by a rich Arab family in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. They took her passport and work permit and "held it for safekeeping". They also monitored her Facebook account. She was able to get her family to say that her mother was dying and she needed to return home for a week. She left the country never to return.

True ........... Bahamians have held Haitians as "slaves" for generations ..... Where do you think the "my Haitian" phrase came from????????

Withholding of passports is a primary factor in retaining control of an individual, and is a common action revealed in most human trafficking cases. Is anyone being charged?

My friend, it is against any constitution in the civilized world and a against what the Bahamians Institution stands for as a country to hold passports from any visitor or anyone one on a working permit. To do this to a visitor or someone who has to come and has been hired by a Company is the worst I have ever heard. A third world country would not have done this unless the person is a criminal. What is happening to this beautiful friendly independant country who broke away from the Commonwealth years ago. You are going back to the slave trade days.

For Brave Davis to confess that the Bahamian government was aware early on of the human rights abuses by the Red China government occurring on Bahamian soil but did nothing about it is tantamount to an admission that these abuses were sanctioned by the Bahamian government and, worse still, in the eyes of the world, the Bahamian people. The crimes committed here go well beyond the human rights abuses many claim the incarcerated at Fox Hill prison are subjected to. The CCA employees were foreign nationals on our soil who were effectively enslaved by their employer (CCA) with the knowledge and consent of the Bahamian government as a result of CCA taking custody and withholding their travel documents (passports) and work permits. This is unconscionable and violates numerous international accords on human rights abuses to which the Bahamas is a party. But true to form we do not hear a peep from Fred Mitchell, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, or Perry Christie, as Prime Minister, about the reasons why the Bahamas government allowed itself, by its own inaction, to play a duplicitous role in foreign nationals on Bahamian soil being subjected to abject conditions of forced labour that meet the very definitions of human bondage and slavery. And to think our DPM, Brave Davis, has effectively confirmed that these same human rights abuses are likely still going on in our country today with respect to CCA's employees engaged at the Baha Mar and The Pointe construction sites. This is truly unfathomable as we have here proof of Bahamian government officials confessing to having knowledge of, and participation (by omission of necessary action) in internationally recognized crimes of the highest order against foreign nations. Perry Christie truly belongs you know where!

No big deal........ This PLP have their supporters locked down in slavery..... They have been able to control the minds with the Idea that any other party other then the PLP will put them back in chains...... That won't work this time. The working women of this Country will vote them out. What say you Comrade Tal?

Not matter what happens the PLP has a good chance of being successful. Although I may disagree with the execution of many of their initiatives and handling of several situations, I am positive there are even more persons that agree with all of it. I wouldn't be Surprised if the PLP got another super majority in the House. Question is, how will the Bahamian people vote?

Marvin Pinder, an astute politician and former PLP MP himself in his day, apparently told his son, Ryan Pinder (the current PLP MP for Elizabeth Estates), to stay away from parliamentary proceedings lest he be tarred and feathered for life by the over-whelming anti-Perry Christie / anti-PLP sentiment that exists throughout our country today.