Tanzania arrests 4 Chinese over 'slow construction projects'

Tanzanian authorities said on October 24, 2019 they had arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in state-funded construction projects. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Tanzanian authorities said Thursday they had arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in state-funded construction projects, in what it said was an "example" to other businesses.

The three men and a woman are employed by two companies contracted to build a canal and a section of road in Dar es Salaam.