Reference :- Peta Credlin must have been ad libbing when she said that unlike Westpac , Adani has committed no crime other than trying to help the poor of India get electricity . How did she get that idea ?
That was a real whopper Peta . Since you mustn't have had time to do your homework on Adani , I enclose herewith a list of " legal difficulties " that Adani has had to confront. It is by no means complete , but it suffices to paint a certain picture .
- An Adani coalship sank off the coast of Mumbai . Adani didn't do the cleanup.
- Adani poisoned a river in Zambia that people needed to live , and forgot to tell us .
- They are accused of using child labor , underpaying workers , and causing avoidable worker deaths
- Half of Adani subsidiaries use accounts in the Cayman Islands , a known tax haven .
- They have been implicated in bribing customs officials and the police
- They have been accused of using bribes in their dealings with environmental agencies
- They have been accused of abusing the market to overcharge their customers .
- They were embroiled in a scam involving the illegal export of 7.7 million tons of ore .
- 6 Adani group companies are under investigation for lying about coal quality .
- They are under investigation for a one billion dollar fraud which exaggerated the cost of equipment
Is that enough for you Peta ?
No ?
- In 2104 they were found guilty of overcharging and ordered to pay out 4.8 million
- Fairfax Media found they had kept employees in conditions so bad some came down with cholera
- They committed fraud that cheated shareholders of 298 million dollars
- They breached their license at Abbott point , resulting in massive pollution and a fine .
- Leaked emails indicate they have been doing weapons deals in South Africa.
- They were repaid 98 million in tax payers money from South Africa for duty they didn't pay .
Is that enough now ? You really should be confident of your facts before ad libbing .
And although the lawyers are still squabbling over many of these allegations , some have been settled , not in Adani's favour .
My son, Ken junior , is quite amazed by Adani's range of business activities . He reckons the show they run reads like a short story by Damon Runyon . His favorite quote of Runyon's is this .
" He who tooteth not his own horn , the same shall not be tooted " . If you could tell me what that means , I would be most grateful . I won't ask the lad , or he will think me stupid .
Your comrade , Ken
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