![A group of 13 children drew widespread attention in China last week by helping their parents claim wages held in arrears. [Photo: cnr.cn]](U429P886T1D22724F12DT20120821144952.jpg "A group of 13 children drew widespread attention in China last week by helping their parents claim wages held in arrears. [Photo: cnr.cn]")
A group of 13 children drew widespread attention in China last week by helping their parents claim wages held in arrears. [Photo: cnr.cn]
A developer notorious for delaying payments to migrant workers was ordered by a Yunnan Province court to transfer 14 million yuan (US$2.2 million) to a special bank account last night to pay the workers after their children staged a public protest.
Xinhua Shizhaizi Tourism Co in Dali Prefecture, which acquired the developer, Yunnan Guangsha Real Estate Ltd, last year, promised to pay another 1 million yuan in defaulted debts and 5 million yuan as fines, local media reported.
The Dali Prefecture Intermediate People's Court will use the money to pay the workers of the Golden Carpenters Co Ltd, a project subcontractor.
The court said the building project had been subcontracted several times, causing loopholes in management and a dispute among the developer, contractors and subcontractors.
Yunnan Guangsha Real Estate Ltd signed a deal with the local government in 2006 to build a commercial complex with a hotel, a department store and an exhibition venue at a total cost of 97 million yuan. It paid the primary contractor 82.23 million yuan before it was merged.
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