Guyana’s Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn, has announced that the review of the allegations of corruption leveled against China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has been completed.
CHEC had in November last secured the contract for the US$150M Expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) which has since been greeted with a cloud of controversy.
To this end, the Minister says that he is satisfied that there is, “No valid charge of corruption against CHEC.”
The Minster says that the review by his Ministry has been completed and he will make the recommendation to the Government of Guyana that there is nothing untoward in relation to the corruption charges against CHEC.
He drew reference to the pronouncements recently made by CHEC’s Regional Director, Zhongdong Tang, when he defended the corruption charges and Benn reminded too that none of the actual allegations by the World Bank is against CHEC directly.
Tang argues that CHEC has only been caught up in the ‘corruption’ debacle as a result of a World Bank technicality and by its Association.
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