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Three former top executives of SNC-Lavalin have been acquitted in an international bribery case linked to Padma bridge construction<\/strong> in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Kevin Wallace, Ramesh Shah, and Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan had pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n

Last month, Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer ruled that wiretap evidence had to be excluded.<\/p>\n

An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed the case yesterday at the prosecution’s request, reports CBCNews<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a result, the prosecution on Friday elected to call no evidence and the accused were acquitted, a prosecution spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n

READ more: WB scraps Padma loan<\/strong><\/p>\n

On December 17 of the year, Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a graft conspiracy case<\/strong> with Banani Police Station in Dhaka against Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, ex-Bridges Division secretary; Kazi Mohammad Ferdous, the then superintendent engineer of Bangladesh Bridge Authority, and Reaz Ahmed Zaber, the then executive engineer of the Roads and Highways Department.<\/p>\n

READ more: Padma abuzz with activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In June 2012, the World Bank cancelled its $1.2 billion credit<\/strong> for the Padma bridge project, saying it had proof of a “corruption conspiracy” involving Bangladeshi officials, executives of a Canadian firm and some individuals.<\/p>\n

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The accused also include former local agent of SNC-Lavalin Mohammad Mostofa and its ex-officials Mohammad Ismail, Ramesh Shah and Kevin Wales.<\/p>\n

Also READ: Padma bridge with local funds<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WB had accused SNC-Lavalin of conspiring to bribe ex-communications minister Syed Abul Hossain and several officials and individuals of Bangladesh to get the consultancy job of the project.<\/p>\n

READ more: WB to help build Padma indirectly<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ACC in its probe report submitted to the court in September 2014 cleared all the accused in the case of the conspiracy charges, saying none had been found guilty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

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