Bangladeshi man stranded at sea in attempt to flee employer
A fishing boat found a Bangladeshi migrant worker stranded at sea in an alleged to flee from his employers at a resort under construction on a northern island.
11 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
A fishing boat found a Bangladeshi migrant worker stranded at sea in an alleged attempt to flee from his employers at a resort under construction on a northern island.
According to the police, the man who was not named was working on the island of Kanbaalifaru in Shaviyani Atoll as a carpenter. He was found at sea nearly two miles west of Hirubadhoo in the same atoll.
A spokesman for the Shaviyani Atoll regional hospital said the man was in good health and had been released an hour later.
Ahmed Shinan, a councilor on the island of Lhaimagu, located near Kanbaalifaru, said this was the man’s second escape attempt. He had sailed to Lhaimagu on a dinghy on Thursday, but was returned to Kanbaalifaru the next day.
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