Kuwait company denies Filipino workers taken to Iraq without their consent to work on U.S. Embassy
"KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti contracting firm denied allegations it took Filipino workers to Iraq without their knowledge to build the new U.S. Embassy there, and threatened Sunday to pursue those who made the claim.
The company's denial came days after the Philippines sent a special envoy to this small oil-rich U.S. ally to investigate accusations that 51 Filipinos were recruited to work in Dubai but taken to Baghdad instead without their consent.
The First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting Co. ran advertisements in five leading newspapers and an English-language daily on Sunday to deny any wrongdoing.
"The workers willingly agreed to work in Iraq before their departure and before they arrived at the site of the embassy" in Baghdad, the construction firm said in its Arabic statement.
"We will vigorously defend our reputation against false allegations," the company said in the advertisement placed in the English-language Arab Times newspaper......"
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