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Re: dam-l (Fwd) LS: Letter to ADB President re Large dams/recommended p


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								""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""	
Dear Ladies,


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."
>
>
>
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>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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>

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