Watchdog wants ACC to explain remarks on Matin
Monday, 28 December 2009
A parliamentary watchdog has rejected the Anti-corruption Commission's (ACC's) statement that former shipping adviser MA Matin had done no irregularities in awarding a container handling deal at Chittagong port, reports bdnews24.com.
ACC Chairman Golam Rahman recently said Matin had done nothing wrong with the deal.
"We reject the statement of the ACC chairman," Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on shipping ministry, told reporters after its meeting Sunday.
"The chairman must give us his opinion in writing on Matin," said Chowdhury, who was jailed on corruption charges during the caretaker regime.
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said his ministry would file corruption case against Matin with the ACC by January next year. The minister on August 30 this year told the news agency that his ministry would file the case in a "week".
"We will file the corruption case against MA Matin by January," Khan told reporters Sunday after a meeting of the parliamentary watchdog body at parliament building.
Matin had vehemently denied wrongdoing in the process saying he saved public money through the contract.
ACC Chairman Golam Rahman recently said Matin had done nothing wrong with the deal.
"We reject the statement of the ACC chairman," Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on shipping ministry, told reporters after its meeting Sunday.
"The chairman must give us his opinion in writing on Matin," said Chowdhury, who was jailed on corruption charges during the caretaker regime.
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said his ministry would file corruption case against Matin with the ACC by January next year. The minister on August 30 this year told the news agency that his ministry would file the case in a "week".
"We will file the corruption case against MA Matin by January," Khan told reporters Sunday after a meeting of the parliamentary watchdog body at parliament building.
Matin had vehemently denied wrongdoing in the process saying he saved public money through the contract.