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Re: dam-l (Fwd) LS: Letter to ADB President re Large
Does anyone on the list [besides Misha Rozengurt :]
have any contact info regarding the following agencies?
If so please send them to dam-l@ox.org
Thanks,
-Dianne
> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:21:41 -0400 "D. Murray"
> <dianne@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> writes:
> >
> >------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
> >Date sent: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 19:24:50 -0700
> >From: Aviva Imhof <aviva@irn.org>
> >Subject: LS: Letter to ADB President re Large
> >dams/recommended ractices TA
>
> To: irn-mekong@igc.org
> >August 3,
> 1999 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> Do you know E-mail addresses of the following or Posts? Thanks. Misha
> >Mr. Tadao Chino
> >President
> >Asian Development Bank
> >Fax: 632 636 2001
> >
> >Dr. Chusak Wittayapak,
> >General Secretary
> >Academics for the Poor, Thailand
> >
> >Lina Cabaero
> >Campaigns Coordinator
> >AID/WATCH, Australia
> >
> >Wanida Tantiwittayapitak,
> >Advisor
> >Assembly of the Poor, Thailand
> >
> >Peter Bosshard
> >Berne Declaration, Switzerland
> >
> >Owen J. Lynch
> >Senior Attorney
> >Center for International Environmental Law, USA
> >
> >Dr. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti,
> >Director, Ethnic Studies Center
> >Chiang Mai University, Thailand
> >
> >Aly Ercelawn and Mohammad Nauman
> >Creed Alliance, Pakistan
> >
> >Hemantha Withanage,
> >Senior Environmental Scientist,
> >Environmental Foundation Ltd, Sri Lanka
> >
> >Avi Mahaningtyas
> >Friends of the Earth International
> >
> >Ikuko Matsumoto
> >Aid Reform Project Coordinator
> >Friends of the Earth Japan
> >
> >Mr.Prasitthiporn Kan-onsri,
> >Coordinator
> >Friends of the People, Thailand
> >
> >Aviva Imhof
> >South-East Asia Campaigner
> >International Rivers Network, USA
> >
> >Mr.Suppachai Jarernwong,
> >Coordinator
> >Legal Aid for Marginalized People, Thailand
> >
> >Mae Ocampo
> >Information/Liaison Officer
> >LRC-KsK/FoE Philippines
> >
> >Mr. Jedsada Chotkitpivart,
> >Campaign Official
> >Northern Development Foundation, Thailand
> >
> >Somchai Sirichai,
> >Chairperson
> >Northern Farmers Network, Thailand
> >
> >Chainarong Sretthachau,
> >Coordinator
> >Southeast Asia Rivers Network, Thailand
> >
> >Hannarong Yoawalers,
> >Coordinator, Conservation Policy Division
> >Wildlife Fund Thailand, Under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty the
> >Queen
> >Business Day, Johannesburg, 29 July 1999
> >
> >Official faces charges over R12m bribes
> >International companies named in case against former boss of Lesotho
> >Highlands Water Project
> >By David Greybe
> >
> >CAPE TOWN - The Lesotho government yesterday charged its former top
> >official at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Masupha Sole, with
> >taking R12m in bribes from a dozen international companies over 10
> >years.
> >The case has taken two years of extensive investigation to put
> >together,
> >and involved close co-operation between the governments of Lesotho
> >and
> >SA, with the assistance of Swiss and French authorities.
> >
> >Companies allegedly involved include Impregilio of Italy, Dumez
> >International of France, Acres International of Canada, Swedish-Swiss
> >ABB
> >and the Highlands Water Venture consortium, which includes Germany's
> >Hochtief and SA's Concor and Group Five.
> >
> >In SA the water affairs and forestry department, through its
> >representatives on the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission, has been
> >closely involved in the investigation from the outset.
> >
> >The R10bn international project to bring water to Gauteng from Lesotho
> >is
> >managed by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority and overseen by
> >the
> >governments of Lesotho and SA.
> >
> >Sole, seconded from the Lesotho government as CEO of the authority,
> >appeared in the Maseru Magistrate's Court yesterday on 14 charges of
> >bribery and fraud. Sole also faces a charge of perjury: the charge
> >sheet
> >states that Sole denied "under oath" in November 1996 in the Lesotho
> >High
> >Court in a civil case that he had bank accounts in SA or overseas.
> >
> >However, according to Lesotho's director of public prosecution, Sole
> >"well
> >knew" that he had bank accounts in both SA and overseas - in Geneva
> >and
> >Zurich.
> >
> >Sole, who is out on R200000 bail, was not asked to plead and the case
> >was
> >postponed to August 31. He has also had to surrender his passport.
> >
> >Sole, the charge sheet states, "did unlawfully, intentionally and
> >corruptly accept bribe moneys, over the period February 1988 to
> >December
> >1998, from Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractors".
> >
> >The 12 groups named, plus the alleged bribe amounts paid to Sole, are:
> >Impregilio (Italy) - $250000; Spie Batignoles (French) - Ff 738630;
> >Sogreah (French) - Ff 84000; LHPC Chantiers (international
> >consortium) -
> >R392967; ED Zueblin (German) - DM 819862; LHPC (international
> >consortium)
> >- DM 105639; Highlands Water Venture (international consortium
> >including
> >SA's Concor and Group Five) - $733404; Diwi Consulting (Germany) - DM
> >4500; ABB (Swedish/Swiss) - Ff 250000; Lahmeyer Consulting Engineers
> >(German) - DM 16000; Acres International (Canadian) - C$ 279539, and;
> >Dumez International (French) - Ff 509905,62. In SA currency the total
> >allegedly paid in bribes to Sole was R12,012m.
> >
> >In a joint statement yesterday, the Lesotho and SA authorities
> >responsible
> >for the Highlands project welcomed the move "to press criminal
> >charges
> >against Sole".
> >
> >A source closely involved in the inquiry said: "While bribery on huge
> >projects is not unusual, it is the alleged involvement in this case
> >of
> >leading European and North American companies which makes it so
> >troubling."
> >
> >The source said the charges against Sole "related mainly to his abuse
> >of
> >his position of trust to demand bribes to ensure favourable contract
> >decisions". For instance, Sole allegedly abused the claims procedure,
> >demanding bribes to take decisions in favour of contractors involved
> >in
> >projects worth hundreds of millions of rands.
> >
> >"Because the claims are often very technical and very complicated
> >there is
> >tremendous scope for manipulation," the source said. "Sole, as CEO,
> >was
> >very well placed to influence the outcome of such claims."
> >
> >
> >
> >*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
> >Aviva Imhof
> >South-East Asia Campaigner
> >International Rivers Network
> >1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94703 USA
> >Tel: + 1 510 848 1155 (ext. 312), Fax: + 1 510 848 1008
> >Email: aviva@irn.org, Web: http://www.irn.org
> >*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
> >
>
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