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Four Chinese contractors arrested in Tanzania over 'slow construction projects'

Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda.

Tanzanian authorities said Thursday they had arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in state-funded construction projects, in what it said was an "example" to other businesses.

The three men and a woman are employed by two companies contracted to build a canal and a section of road in Dar es Salaam.

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