[30] In another instance political pressure was applied for SIT Property Development Ltd to host an emergency meeting for Wenda to be made the preferred notary public regarding the sale of parcels of prime real estate within a new gated community at Côte-d'Or.
However the owners of the well-established estate Constance La Gaité objected against the proposed project by questioning its legality and six years later Soonack's and Chundunsing's company gave up the 30 arpents as Navin Ramgoolam was defeated in the 2014 elections, soon after which Nandanee Soornack fled to Italy.
[58][59][60] Following allegations made in 1999 and a subsequent investigation by the now-defunct Economic Crime Office (ECO), the former Labour Party minister of Social Security (Vishnu Bundhun) was handed a six-month jail sentence for bribery.
However this eventually resulted in the sale of the factories and large parcels of agricultural land to the detriment of Mauritian small planters and tax payers, where as a conglomerate of companies headed by a few Franco-Mauritian businessmen received the most lucrative portion of the assets.
Members of the ruling MSM-MMM government (headed by Anerood Jugnauth and Paul Bérenger) modified the original deal, which would have allowed a large share of ownership to be transferred to Mauritian small planters and tax payers, in order to heavily favour the Franco-Mauritian conglomerate.
Concerns had been raised about the role of a branch of the sect Église Chrétienne called ASPA, as well as Church Team Ministries International (CTMI) as Carole Hardy's proximity to Xavier-Luc Duval made government bodies vulnerable to an infiltration risk.
[115][116] In May 2009, the Labour-PMSD government led by Navin Ramgoolam awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to a newly formed company called Betamax as sole-supplier of the island's entire oil supply for 15 years to state-owned State Trading Corporation (STC) despite the attorney general's warning in April 2009 not to bypass the Central Procurement Board.
[118] Bhunjun's ready-mix concrete company Betonix joint ventured with Singaporean firm Executive Ship Management Pte Ltd (ESM) to form Betamax, which would own and operate a newly built South Korean tanker (MV Red Eagle).
Based on allegations made in anonymous letters sent to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and ICAC, CEB's general manager Chavan Dabeedin resigned in November 2010 but was eventually reinstated following a lengthy investigation.
[124][125][126][127][128][129] In 2010, to create a specialized centre for geriatric care, the Cabinet of Ministers of the ruling PTR-MSM-PMSD government approved the purchase of the existing MedPoint Private Clinic, which was owned by Dr Krishnan Malhotra and Mrs Shalini Devi Jugnauth-Malhotra.
[152][153][154][155] In 2012 the CEB awarded the contract to build and operate a solar farm to Labour Party minister Jim Seetaram's brother Sham's firm called Sarako PVP Co. Ltd. at the estimated cost of Rs 1.2 Billion.
Navin Ramgoolam inaugurated the 15 megawatt solar farm in June 2014 despite criticisms by the opposition (namely Paul Bérenger of the MMM) that Seetaram's firm as well as its joint venture partner had no track record in delivering such projects.
In 2006 authorities started to investigate Bangaleea's suspected involvement in the 2003 murder of another Labour activist Rajeshwar Indur, as well as fake Letters of Intent during the purchase of prized plots of state-owned land near the coast of La Cambuse and Bel-Ombre.
[164][165] When these attempts failed, Labour private parliamentary secretary (PPS) Reza Issack started to be involved and organised a meeting at Jeannot's home in Flic-en-Flac where Yatin Varma offered champagne and a book to Florent's mother.
[168][169] Paul Foo Kune, owner of the gambling network Play on Line Ltd, lodged an official complaint at the CCID against his former business associate Jean-Michel Lee Shim in May 2013, accusing him of having bribed the secretaries of judges Asraf Caunhye and Abdurrafeek Hamuth.
Barrister Rama Valayden, who became the legal representative of several gambling dens associated with the Mauritius Turf Club, also faced disbarment following allegations he had coerced the main witness Ahki Bhikajee to withdraw his statement and to change his testimony against a lawyer and the two secretaries of judges Caunhye and Hamuth.
[173] In August 2013, a senior executive of the Groupe Mon Loisir (GML) and textile firm Palmar Ltd, Thierry Lagesse, was arrested by the CCID at the airport in Plaisance following an investigation into customs fraud on luxury cars imported by returning residents.
[188] Witness Jan Cornelis Haak, a representative of Boskalis International Bv pleaded guilty of giving bribes and kickbacks of Rs 3 Millions in US Dollars and Euros to ex-minister Siddick Chady and his allies to secure the major contract for dredging the port in 2006.
These included: In April 2015 notary Vinay Deelchand and his three collaborators Sandeep Appadoo, Mahendra Choonea and Dharmanand Sambon were convicted and sentenced for hatching a malicious plot to set Anwar Toorabally's house on fire on 17 August 2000.
The charge against Yash Varma was dropped within one and a half years due to the allegation being saddled with lies and the police not finding a single piece of evidence, although the accountant lost his job in the process, having been a victim of trial by press.
The recording suggested he was asking for a bribe of Rs 1 Million from businessman Saheed Nawab Soobhany "Patrick" for the purchase of 50 bags of food-grade pigmented powder (colloquially known in French as "Bale Couleur") used during the Hindu festival of Holi, in exchange for an Environmental Impact Assessment permit for a real estate project in Gros-Cailloux.
[245] In November 2016 Labour Party member and former Speaker of Parliament Iswurdeo Seetaram, Jim's father, was subject to a prosecution in the Masters’ Court after failing to repay Rs 3.9 Millions that he had borrowed from the Development Bank of Mauritius (DBM) in order to finance his private firm Bharatee Mixed Farming.
[256] In February 2017, Shakeel Mohamed, a member of Parliament and head of the Labour Party, filed a vote of no confidence against Speaker Maya Hanoomanjee, whose daughter's company Rum and Sugar Ltd had been awarded contracts to supply tinned biscuits to state-owned organisations.
[262] In March 2017, health minister Husnoo revealed that political activist Vijaya Sumputh and a close associate of his predecessor Anil Gayan had received a 200% increase in her salary as director of the Trust Fund for Specialized Medical Care (TFSMC).
Hector Noël (Espitalier-Noël Ltd (ENL) Land Ltd), Louis Rivalland (CEO of Swan), Notary Jean Pierre Montocchio, managers of Rogers, and others were involved in the joint attempt to buy Rs 1.4 Billions' worth of shares of the NMH.
[305][306][307] MSM political activist and stand-over man Swastee Rao Fakhoo (also known as Manan Fakoo) was shot dead on 20 January 2021 in Beau Bassin soon after he organised a street demonstration to show support to embattled ex-minister Yogida Sawmynaden during the latter's court appearance regarding Kistnen's murder and allegations of fictitious employment against him.
Runjeet alleged that in 2020 the Fisheries Minister Sudhir Maudhoo had organised to send his neighbour and friend Kurrumchund (owner of Suchi Technologies) to coerce her company to pay "business protection money", otherwise her license would not be renewed.
[319][320][321] Sattar Hajee Abdoula, the chairman of SBM Holdings which owns the State Bank of Mauritius, featured in the Pandora Papers published in October 2021 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
Several visits were made at Baie Jacotet by the Indian technical team, and a CCTV footage of their presence in April 2022 was revealed by ex-CEO Sherry Singh during an interview broadcast on social media on Friday 22 July 2022.
[333] Within one month of this political nomination it was suggested that, to avoid the need for calling for competitive tenders, Rs 7 Billions of contract would be allocated to an Indian construction firm as Emergency Procurement in order to attempt to deliver the MSM's 2019 electoral promise of an uninterrupted supply of potable water to all parts of Mauritius.