Three-member probe committee

By Sabik Enayet, New York
4 March 2006, 18:00 PM
Yet another fire in a textile factory and yet another story of injustice done to the working class and all we do about it is create a three-member probe committee to look into it. Who are these people who formed the committee? Three government officials?

Or three genuinely honest human beings who are really concerned about the victims? What happened to the committee that was formed after hundreds of garment workers were buried alive when a building collapsed last year? Where is their report?

I would really love to read one of these reports; and see what they actually say. I would want to see one sentence at least where they find the owner of the building responsible for the deaths of all these innocent human beings. Since the owner is not a resident of the US, it's pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have to suffer the consequences of his action. Best we could do was apprehend a low paid employee whose primary responsibility is to show up at work at 11 in the morning and have his 5 cups of tea during the day while dozing there. When are the authorities going to divert their attention from looting the country dry and actually do something for the people who elected them for the positions they're currently at?

I guess throughout my letter I have only asked questions but given no answers and honestly speaking I don't have much clue about how to tackle these problems. All I can think of is punishing these criminals. It's unrealistic and unimaginable; but so are the things that they have gotten away with and it's high time we put an end to it.