MACC urged to fully probe Alstom allegations

Transparency International today called for a thorough examine by Malaysian authorities in to alleged bribery by French industrial organisation Alstom, in a scandal involving several countries.

Malaysian media had reported yesterday that anti-corruption officials final week "visited" a bureau of a energy organisation amid allegations a former central took kickbacks from Alstom related to a energy plan in a 1990s.

Several management team during Teknologi Tenaga Perlis Consortium (TTPC) additionally had been questioned by a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), The Star newspaper said.

"Transparency International Malaysia calls upon a MACC to leave no mill unturned in a investigations upon Alstom's commercial operation dealings in Malaysia," a matter by a anti-corruption organisation said.

The Swiss profession general's bureau final month systematic Alstom to pay 31 million euros (RM130 million) in fines over a scandal, in that Alstom is alleged to have offering bribes as well as kickbacks in Malaysia, Latvia as well as Tunisia.

The bribes were offering to midd! lemen an d officials with a aim of securing government contracts to build energy plants.

NONEThe Malaysian investigation of TTPC was triggered by a Swiss profession general's actions, The Star said, quoting an unnamed source.

It pronounced Abdul Hamid Pawanteh, a former Perlis menteri besar as well as a former tip central with TTPC, allegedly took 7.5 million Swiss Francs (RM25.5 million) to help Alstom secure a stipulate for a energy plant plan in Perlis in a 1990s.

The Star quoted Abdul Ha! mid as d enying all wrongdoing.

Abdul Hami! d did no t immediately respond to an AFP request for comment, while officials during a MACC refused comment.

A matter sent to AFP by Alstom's bureau in Malaysia denied any "systematic bribery" in a company's operations, saying it was "a victim of a misconduct of a employees", though declined to give further specifics.

Transparency International pronounced in an annual ranking of a least hurtful countries expelled progressing this month that Malaysia had slipped nearly thirty spots over a past decade as well as now ranked 60th out of 183 countries.

It cited "the stability as well as snowballing practice of awarding mega-projects as well as contracts without open tenders or competitive bidding", as well as noted a "continued tighten nexus in between commercial operation as well as politics in Malaysia".

- AFP
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