Despite saying that they would do so amid a public outcry, logging company Baishanlin is yet to begin work on a wood processing plant at its Moblissa site even as the company continues to use the defunct Coomacka sawmill at Linden as the base for packing containers of logs for export.
The Chinese firm is also building tugs and barges even as its Guyanese employees complain of mistreatment at the hands of company officials. Months after Baishanlin cleared acres of land at the Demerara River waterfront at Moblissa, no construction activity for a processing plant has started. A small white flag with the words ‘Bai Shan Lin Wood’ printed on it fluttering forlornly