Sri Lanka’s Investment Promotion Minister threatened legal action against a state-owned Chinese firm if it failed to halt construction on the Chinese funded ‘Port City’ project in Colombo.
The minister, Kabir Hashim told Reuters that construction work ought to be halted whilst an investigation into the project was underway. However, construction work on the project has accelerated since the new government came into office in January reported Reuters.
"Rightfully, they should stop," said Mr Hashim. "The ministry of ports will take necessary action to halt the work until this inquiry is done."
If construction, currently being carried out by the China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC), was not stopped, "legal action will be instituted against them to not proceed any further," warned the minister.
Responding to the minister’s comments a CCCC official said "there has been no mention of cancelling the project."
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