Dear Editor,
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited denies the implications made by the newspaper, Kaieteur News in an article published June 7, 2012. This is dated information which was carried in several media worldwide last year and responded to by CHEC at the time.
The facts are that Mr Arafat Rahman Koko was engaged as a consultant to CHEC’s Bangladesh start-up operations and received payments from the company in that capacity. CHEC had no knowledge of any misconduct on the part of the consultant and it is important to note that CHEC was never indicted for committing any offence in relation to this matter and the investigations found no wrongdoing by our company.
There is no investigation conducted by the authorities in Jamaica that concluded malpractice or impropriety of any kind on the part of CHEC. CHEC continues to be engaged by the Government of Jamaica and is currently in negotiations with the government concerning new development projects which constitute significant infrastructure investments in Jamaica.
CHEC operates successfully worldwide in accordance with the laws and regulations of countries in which we have operations, and our company maintains the highest ethical standards of integrity and corporate governance. Furthermore, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has established very high legal and other anti-corruption standards for companies organised under Chinese law such as CHEC. CHEC’s overseas operations continue to abide by these very high standards.
Yours faithfully,
Zhongdong Tang
Regional Director
Latin America