KATHMANDU, July 20 -- A Chinese company that hired a group of Nepali women to work at its garment factory and then refused to pay them as per the contract is now demanding that it be paid compensation instead-to send the women home.
The women, who arrived in the northeastern city of Dandong in May, had reached out to the Nepali Embassy in Beijing, seeking assistance after finding out they had been duped.
Two weeks ago, following a directive from the Department of Foreign Employment, representatives from Compass Recruitment, the employment agency involved in sending the women to China, had travelled to Dandong to repatriate the women who were keen to return, and work out an arrangement for those who wanted to stay.
Thirty-three of the 44 ...