#Nepal #Airport #Scandal Taints #BeltandRoad Image
"charge sheet alleges officials & #CAMC colluded to inflate costs, breach #procurement #laws & compromise construction quality.. raising airport’s approved cost estimate fr US$145mil to US$216mil “with malicious intent.” CAMC, listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange, built the airport financed by #China’s #EximBank.. defendants incl CAMC chairman Wang Bo . as well as former 🇳🇵 #FinanceMinister Ram & 4 former tourism ministers"🤦‍♂️
https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/nepal-airport-scandal-taints-belt-road-initiative
Nepal Airport Scandal Taints Belt and Road Image

Nepal anti-graft watchdog publicly accuses Chinese state firm, top executives, and former Nepal ministers of corruption

Asia Sentinel
#Chinabuilt #airport in #Nepal ‘littered with #corruption
🤦‍♂️"parliamentary committee’s #investigation into #Pokhara airport found #China #CAMC Engineering, construction arm of SOE #Sinomach failed to pay taxes, didn't finish project to specifications & used #poorquality construction, all bec of corruption & lack of oversight.. airport was built w 20-yr loan fr e Export-Import Bank of China.. #corrupt #bureaucrats & #politicians involved in tis #scam must be punished" #BRI
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3006432/china-built-airport-in-nepal-littered-with-corruption
China-built airport in Nepal ‘littered with corruption’

A government inquiry into a new $216-million international airport in Nepal’s second-biggest city found that “irregularities and corruption” by officials and lawmakers allowed a Chinese state-owned contractor to ignore its obligations and charge for work it never completed.

Bangkok Post
Well CAMC are back and running and Lock Bit have not removed the threatening countdown. So it seems they DID NOT PAY the ransomware. Good on them #CAMC #LockBit #ransomware