Government ministries extended “Bangladeshis” contracts

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KUWAIT CITY, Jun 28: As accusations and names are increasing in visa trading, human trafficking, bribery and money laundering case related to the Bangladeshi MP it became clear that politicians in Kuwait will top the list of the accused. Sources revealed that during the past two months, a number of government ministries have extended more than 4 government contracts owned by the Bangladeshi MP.

The sources pointed out that the contracts with government ministries were expired years ago but some of them just ended during the past two months as they were extended by the authorities.

The total value of the four contracts is one million, and most of them related to cleaning workers. The sources stated that one of the government ministries which manages vital facilities sent a letter earlier this month to the Central Agency for Public Tenders to extend the contract with a Bangladeshi MP, starting from July 1 to January 19, 2021 but the agency postponed the tenders for consideration.

Another government ministry with religious activity that has recently assigned additional duties to one of the companies of the Bangladeshi MP; He was managing cleaning operations for only one governorate in the original contract, another governorate was added to his list, which increased the value of the contract to 720,000 dinars, it was also extended until the end of November 2020.

The sources revealed that the accused Bangladeshi MP has 4 companies in Kuwait, in which he practices his business activities in the fields of general trade, contracting and cleaning of roads and buildings.

While the prosecution is continuing its marathon investigations into the case of the Bangladeshi MP, a source revealed that the investigators examined all transfers between the first accused and all of his political and influential clients.

After formally accusing two current MPs and searching for evidence as per the accusation against a third MP, the source suggested that the names of two former MPs were mentioned in the case along with their extent of involvement in visa trading and human trafficking is being sought.

The total number of current and former MPs stands to five, in addition to a candidate for the National Assembly elections, the prosecution decided yesterday to continue its detention with another official in the manpower ministry.

Yesterday, the National Assembly formally received two requests from the Public Prosecution to lift immunity of 3 MPs, the first request related to the case of the Bangladeshi MP, and the lifting of the immunity of two MPs, while the second relates to lifting the immunity of a third MP.

Well-informed sources stated that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Marzouq Al-Ghanem, referred the requests to the Parliamentary Legislative Committee to be held in a close door meeting to take a decision to agree to lift the immunity of the two MPs.

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