Egypt: Owner of a company deprives workers of their wages

EGYPT – A number of construction workers in Aswan said that the owner of a contracting company deprived them of their wages as the value of the workers compensation reached about one million pounds during their work in the new city of Toshka. . We were partners with the owner of the contracting company to complete a number of works in the new city of Toshka, south of Aswan, said Rajab Abdul Azim Ali Ahmed, one of the people affected by the employer. “I was surprised that the owner of this company took my financial benefits, estimated at 240,000 pounds, and disappeared completely after that”, he added. Pointing out that they have received several judicial verdicts against him, however he continues his normal life and move between the provinces freely. Ahmed Jaber Khallaf, a drilling contractor, said that he had obtained a sentence to detain the owner of the contracting company for two years since May last year, and the sentence has not yet been executed, adding that the defendant is free and he spends their money.