The controversial contractor for the troubled Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) project is now under investigation for offering a bribe to the failed presidential re-election campaign of Mahinda Rajapakse in Sri Lanka, Reuters reported on Friday.
Rajapaksa is seeking to make a comeback in parliamentary polls set for August 17th and the bribe allegations will be seen as having a dampening effect on his efforts.
Reuters said that at the centre of the probe by the police and central bank in Sri Lanka is China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), which under Rajapaksa secured a US$1.4 billion deal to build a port city in Colombo that has been suspended by the current government,
