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Australia's Aspen Medical rejects media report of corruption, money laundering in Sri Lanka

( May 3, 2022, 02:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Aspen Medical has rejected media claims that it’s facing a corruption and money-laundering investigation over a 2012 contract to build a hospital in Sri Lanka, with the embattled Australian medical contractor saying that it hasn’t been contacted by authorities in Australia or abroad. In a statement published on the Canberra-based company’s website, Aspen Medical said that it was “strongly against any corruption or corrupt practices wherever we work in the world” and said that it had only heard about the concerns over its involvement with the Hambantota hospital, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, five years after its contract had ended. Last night’s statement from the company follows a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a public broadcaster, alleging Aspen Medical had made payments to a British Virgin Islands-registered company linked to controversial Sri Lankan businessman Nimal Perera. The Aspen Medical statement follows: ...

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