Comments on: Telecom corruption: Every country should check Siemens court papers

By: Siemens, Koko and Doing Business in Bangladesh

Siemens, Koko and Doing Business in Bangladesh — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:41:16 +0000

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By: Abu Saeed Khan

Abu Saeed Khan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:29:58 +0000

Siemens is not the lonesome crook in Bangladesh telecoms businesses. It had partnered with Huawei of China and grabbed contracts. The authorities can retrieve the details of this Sino-German nexus using Internet search engine. Here I present only two examples:

http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/04/16/d4041601022.htm

http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/10/30/d4103001011.htm

By: Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: The Siemens Bribery Scandal

Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: The Siemens Bribery Scandal — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:20:49 +0000

[...] Samarajiva at LIRNEAsia analyzes the recent Siemens Bribery Scandal and comments that every country should check Siemens [...]

By: Rohan Samarajiva

Rohan Samarajiva — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:39:10 +0000

One country starts investigating (but seems to have less information than the New York Times).

By: Rohan Samarajiva

Rohan Samarajiva — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:36:59 +0000

Court records are public. Anyone can gain access. I’ve done this in the Alexandria District Court, just outside Washington. All you need is the money for photocopying. And that was for things on US entities.

The real advantage here is that the records are under US jurisdiction and the records pertain to every country but the US. Easy.

By: Sanjana Hattotuwa

Sanjana Hattotuwa — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:07:27 +0000

While it may be possible for Government’s to gain access to this information, can peoples / citizens in countries gain access? They can perhaps demand that government requests and makes public this information, but no prizes for guessing how successful this will be under a corrupt regime.