Ex-DBM director arrested for bribery

Charged with accepting bribe, former DBM managing director Benyram Chooramun was arrested on Tuesday June 1. The offence was committed in 2002 when he allegedly pocketed Rs25m from Harry Sookun for the award of a banking licence to the latter’s defunct First City Bank. Chooramun is also accused by the Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) [...]

02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily