The Canadian police have pressed charges against former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury over the alleged corruption in Padma bridge project.
Canadian construction giant SNC-Lavalin’s former officials Kevin Wallace, 46, Ramesh Shah, 62, and Mohamad Ishmail, 50, and Canadian citizen Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan are the others who have been charged.
None of the allegations, however, have been proven in court.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement on Wednesday that the charges related to an investigation into awarding a contract for supervision and consultancy services of the construction of Padma bridge.
According to a report of Canada’s Financial Post, SNC-Lavalin’s ex-senior executive Wallace, hailing from Oakville, Ontario, has been released with conditions and a promise to appear in court.
SNC-Lavalin is accused of adopting unfair and illegal means to secure the consultancy of the $2.9 billion Padma bridge project.
According to the Financial Post report, Wallace, in the suit filed earlier this year, alleged that he was fired as president of SNC-Lavalin’s subsidiary Candu as part of a “public relations strategy intended to create the impression that they were taking action in response to widespread allegations of civil and criminal wrongdoing” by SNC-Lavalin.
In his lawsuit, Wallace claimed he did not participate in or become aware of any wrongdoing by others at SNC in relation to the Padma project.
The report quoted RCMP Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud as saying: “In some countries, bribes are still accepted as a necessary part of doing business. However, bribery raises serious moral and political concerns, undermines good governance and sustainable economic development, and distorts the conditions of international competition.”
The World Bank suspended its $ 1.2 billion fund pledged for Padma bridge amidst allegations of corruption in Bangladesh’s largest-ever infrastructure project.
The move was taken after Canadian authorities drew the global lender’s attention to the ‘corruption’ in the project involving senior Bangladeshi government officials.
Source: Bd news24
Thoroughly corrupt Bangla government’s abysmal failure to arrest & try Bangladeshi ex-minister Abul Hasan Choudhury for corruption Canada police have now charged him for corruption in Padma Bridge grand scandal.-Khondoker Mohiuddin Bhuiya:Dhaka:19.09.13.
Mr Hanif the Deputy Secretary General of Hasina’s ruling party who has the notoriety of abusing, insulting & shouting at his political opponent at the top of his voice – both Bangladeshi & foreigners alike and an obsession to hang the political Islamic leadership AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE (before the tenure of this government expires) as war criminals lashed angrily against Canada, the Commonwealth country he named as “ BRITISH COLONY” for “CHOOSING THE CURRENT CRUCIAL TIME TO STAGE THIS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED DRAMA TO DIVERT WORLD ATTENTION FROM THE ENSUING ELECTION AND TO SAVE THE WAR CRIMINALS”. “ I’M BOUND TO ASK, IS IT A CO-INCIDENT? BUT I DO NOT THINK SO. IT WAS A VERY WELL CALCULATED POLITICAL PLOY”. ”Canada even refused to hand over the killers of our father of the nation to be hanged despite our request to do so”. (1)—
OUR PRIME MINISTER, THE LEADER OF THE MASSES, THE DAUGHTER OF THE FATHER OF THE NATION, HASINA AS WELL AS OUR MOST ABLE & EXPERIENCED FINANCE MINISTER HAVE REITERATED TIME AND AGAIN THAT THERE WAS NO CORRUPTION IN PADMA BRIDGE AND THE WORLD BANK WAS LYING BEING INFLUENCED BY MR YUNUS (DR MOHAMMED YUNUS, THE CREATOR OF GRAMIN BANK AND A NOBEL LAUREATE). HOW CAN THERE BE BRIBE & CORRUPTION WHEN NO MONEY WAS TRANSFERRED? WHERE IS THE MONEY THEN/ SHOW US IN WHICH BANK THE MONEY HAS GONE OR PUT INTO & IF YOU CAN PROVE THE ALLEGATION WE WILL TAKE ACTION”. “ WE ARE NOBODY’S COLONY, WE ARE A FREE PEOPLE, NOT A “ BOTTOMLESS BASKET & WOULD NOT SEEK ANY MONEY FROM THE WB FOR OUR PADMA BRIDGE, WE WILL BUILD IT WITH OUR OWN RESOURCES”. (2)—
The Canadian police that is an independent state institution and not under the direction of the government, unlike Bangladesh have pressed charges against former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury, a relative of prime minister Hasina , it is alleged by some Bengali media over the alleged corruption in Padma bridge project. Canadian construction firm, SNC-Lavalin’s former officials Kevin Wallace, 46, Ramesh Shah, 62, and Mohamad Ishmail, 50, and Canadian citizen Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan are the others who have been charged.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement on Wednesday that the charges related to an investigation into awarding a contract for supervision and consultancy services of the construction of Padma bridge. According to a report of Canada’s Financial Post, SNC-Lavalin’s ex-senior executive Wallace, hailing from Oakville, Ontario, has been released with conditions and a promise to appear in court. SNC-Lavalin is accused of adopting unfair and illegal means to secure the consultancy of the $2.9 billion Padma bridge project. (3)—
The report quoted RCMP Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud as saying: “In some countries, bribes are still accepted as a necessary part of doing business. However, bribery raises serious moral and political concerns, undermines good governance and sustainable economic development, and distorts the conditions of international competition.”The World Bank suspended its $ 1.2 billion fund pledged for Padma bridge amidst allegations of corruption in Bangladesh’s largest-ever infrastructure project. The move was taken after Canadian authorities drew the global lender’s attention to the ‘corruption’ in the project involving senior Bangladeshi government officials. Agencies:www.bdnews24.com/www.bangladeshchronicle.com. http://www.sangram.com/www.nayadinta.com/www.sylheteralap.com/ / http://www.MNA.com. http://www.bangladeshsun.com (4)—