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Chinese Mining Company in the DRC “Regrets” Recent Labor Abuse Case Involving Two Soldiers, But Doesn’t Take Responsibility

by Eric Olander

The Chinese-run mining company at the center of a high-profile controversy over labor abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo issued its first response to the videos that went viral last week showing Congolese soldiers brutally whipping a local employee while Chinese managers looked on.

“We deeply regret this incident like all Congolese people,” said the statement by COMMUS SAS that was sent to media outlets, including CAP, late last week. The statement went on to say that the soldiers’ activities “were not ordered by the company.”

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