The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will send a delegation to Canada
in the last week of October for further investigation into the Padma
bridge graft allegation.
“The ACC has decided to send the team to get more information from hearing of the case filed under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act,” ACC Secretary Faizur Rahman Chowdhury said at a monthly press briefing at its office in the capital Wednesday.
A Canadian court, which is dealing with the Padma bridge graft case, will start the hearing in the first week of November, said the ACC secretary
He however did not mention the number of the delegation members and their names.
On September 19, the Canadian police brought bribery charges against three persons including Bangladeshi ex-state minister for foreign affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury and Canadian Kevin Wallace, former senior vice-president of SNC-Lavalin International Inc (SLII).
“Wallace is also an accused in the case filed in Bangladesh by ACC on December 17 last year in which the name of Abul Hasan Chowdhury was included as a suspect,” he said.
The delegation will visit Canada to get documents from the authorities in connection of the case and will also interrogate Wallace and another accused Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan, a Canadian citizen, Faizur said.
At the press briefing, the ACC secretary also informed reporters that the anti-graft body has decided to investigate 68 out of 631 complaints it received from the people last month.
The ACC permitted to file 22 cases against 59 people including 37 government officials last month, he said.
“The ACC has decided to send the team to get more information from hearing of the case filed under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act,” ACC Secretary Faizur Rahman Chowdhury said at a monthly press briefing at its office in the capital Wednesday.
A Canadian court, which is dealing with the Padma bridge graft case, will start the hearing in the first week of November, said the ACC secretary
He however did not mention the number of the delegation members and their names.
On September 19, the Canadian police brought bribery charges against three persons including Bangladeshi ex-state minister for foreign affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury and Canadian Kevin Wallace, former senior vice-president of SNC-Lavalin International Inc (SLII).
“Wallace is also an accused in the case filed in Bangladesh by ACC on December 17 last year in which the name of Abul Hasan Chowdhury was included as a suspect,” he said.
The delegation will visit Canada to get documents from the authorities in connection of the case and will also interrogate Wallace and another accused Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan, a Canadian citizen, Faizur said.
At the press briefing, the ACC secretary also informed reporters that the anti-graft body has decided to investigate 68 out of 631 complaints it received from the people last month.
The ACC permitted to file 22 cases against 59 people including 37 government officials last month, he said.
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