UAE | Crime
Three face Dh43m bribery allegations
Two senior managers and a legal advisor at Dubai Waterfront, a leading property developer, are being questioned over bribery allegations worth more than Dh43 million, sources told Gulf News on Wednesday.
- By Bassam Za'za' Senior Reporter
- Published: 22:55 February 11, 2009
Dubai: Two senior managers and a legal advisor at Dubai Waterfront, a leading property developer, are being questioned over bribery allegations worth more than Dh43 million, sources told Gulf News on Wednesday.
Senior Public Prosecution sources said the Australian managers, 43-year-old Mathew James Joyce and 39-year-old M.R., and their 45-year-old compatriot legal advisor, A.J., were detained around two weeks ago and are being questioned in relation to a business deal they struck with an offshore company.
Joyce's lawyer Salem Al Sha'ali, of Al Sha'ali and Co Advocates and Legal Consultants, said his client's situation is "clean and lawful".
"He denied the charges. The suspected transaction cannot be considered a bribe. The figure isn't exact and the amount was given back because the deal didn't go through. It's a big misunderstanding."
Al Sha'ali said the Public Prosecution was keeping him in the dark concerning the investigation. "We have submitted our legal response which counters the allegations. We have witnesses as well," he said.
Prosecution sources told Gulf News that the suspects have not been charged with bribery yet as 'the investigations continue'.
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