ST BARBARA DENIED REMOVAL OF TWO EXECUTIVES, SASAKO REPLIED

The statement said AFP is investigating the matters reported, and St Barbara is collaborating with the AFP in its investigations.

Meanwhile, the company said it does not intend to comment further as the matters are under investigation by the AFP.

It said as previously announced on 3rd October, no St Barbara executives have been removed as a result of this investigation.

Meanwhile, Former Politician Alfred Sasako refutes a statement from the Saint Barbara Mining Company for denying reports printed in a local media which stated that the company has removed two of its executives over the so-called Wale scholarship affairs.

In an interview with SIBC News, Mr Sasako says he has hard evidence to prove that two Saint Barbara executives have been removed due to the so called Wale Scholarship.

He says the company’s denial must be substantiated.

“Their denial has no basis because I have here a copy of the letter where St Barbara has asked a legal firm in Melbourne to write a report and send it to the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the Fraud and Anti-Corruption section. The legal firm is Cause Chambers Wesgath Lawyers based in Melbourne. They have an office in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, so I have a copy of the letter with me.”