Chinese Companies in Africa Probed Over Alleged Abuse of Local Employees

The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC)—an independent body established by the country’s act of parliament—launched an investigation into China-Lilongwe Grand Holdings Company following local media reports of strings of abuses at the site. More and more reports of ill-treatment of workers in Chinese companies in Africa has prompted investigations further, the allegations of abuse, which includes beating.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Malawi’s President Arthur Peter Mutharika (2nd row R) along with other African leaders attend a group photo session during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2018. How Hwee Young/AFP/Getty Images

BLANTYRE, Malawi—Malawi’s leading human-rights organization says it will continue a probe into allegations of abuse of Malawian workers at a construction site owned by a Chinese company.

After an impromptu visit to the site two months ago, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC)—an independent body established by an act of parliament—began an investigation into China Lilongwe Grand Holding Corp. Ltd. following local media reports of multiple cases of abuse at the site.