China-Built Airport in Nepal Was Littered With Corruption, Inquiry Finds
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.
In a 36-page report released Thursday, a parliamentary committee’s investigation into the airport in Pokhara found that China CAMC Engineering Co., the construction arm of a state-owned conglomerate Sinomach, failed to pay taxes, did not finish the project to specification, and used poor quality construction, all because of corruption and a lack of контрол.
През 2023 година The New York Times заяви, че CAMC е надул цената на плана и подкопава напъните на Непал да поддържа надзор на качеството, като даде приоритет на личните си бизнес ползи. Непалската орган за гражданска авиация, Агенцията, която следи с...
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