Seal Maldives claims RIX employed 250 expat staff, not 14

A legal representative of Seal Maldives stated on Monday that RIX Company Pvt Ltd had forwarded a list of 250 expatriate staff members employed by the latter, although RIX recently claimed that only 14 workers on Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll, were under RIX's employment.

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Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) meeting with migrant workers at Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll. PILC has pledged to provide pro-bono legal aid to migrant workers employed for the development of Bodufinolhu. PHOTO: PILC

Shahudha Mohamed

2020-07-14 13:18:49

A legal representative of Seal Maldives stated on Monday that RIX Company Pvt Ltd had forwarded a list of 250 expatriate staff members employed by the latter, although RIX recently claimed that only 14 workers on Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll, were under RIX's employment.

In 2019, Seal Maldives contracted the construction work of Bodufinolhu, which is being developed as a luxury resort, to RIX Maldives, a company owned by the parliamentary representative for Shaviyani Atoll's Milandhoo constituency, Ali Riza.

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