INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A former Additional Secretary to the State Ministry of Agriculture has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations against
Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) in connection with the importation of a consignment of substandard fertilizer from the Chinese company
Qingdao Seawin Biotech in 2021.Accordingly, the Bribery Commission has arrested the relevant official on charges of causing losses to the
government by issuing directives to re-open the suspended Letters of Credit (LCs) to procure a stock of substandard organic fertilizer from
million.The arrested official, who previously served as an Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, was produced before the
