Sunday 30 June 2013

Bangladesh authorities faked survival story to save the nation's £1bn clothing industry

The picture of Reshma Begum being pulled from the rubble in the aftermath of the collapse of a Bangladesh clothes factory was a potent symbol of hope seen around the world.
The 19-year-old endured 17 days in the wreckage of the eight-storey Rana Plaza building, where 1,129 people were killed in April in the clothing industry's worst disaster, before she was dramatically rescued.

But the apparently miraculous rescue was faked by Bangladeshi authorities as a damage-control exercise to protect the reputation of the nation's lucrative garments industry, according to a former colleague.
The tragedy of losing more than a thousand lives was forgotten by the victory of saving one.
The official story states workers had all but given up hope of finding anyone alive after 17 days but heard her cries seconds before they were due to smash the concrete with heavy machinery, which would have brought the chunks falling down on her.
But the unnamed man claims Miss Begum escaped from the third floor with him on the day the building collapsed.

He said: 'We escaped together. We both walked away from the rubble
We spent two days in hospital but then she vanished. The next time I saw her was on TV 17 days later.
'They said it was a miracle. But it was a fake.'
Anti-government campaigners played his testimony to Sunday Mirror reporters. He is reported to have gone into hiding over fears of government reprisal.

That's a good idea son. This is a £1bn clothing industry not a 1 kobo one. They will do anything tsave it. It obvious the story is a fake.

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