Thirty-nine bribery cases were withdrawn last year due to technical glitches.

According to the National Audit Office’s audit report, the Bribery Commission retracted 39 assigned cases last year (2021) for a variety of reasons.

In 2019 and 2020, ten cases were withdrawn by the Commission for various reasons.

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The audit report also states that out of the 39 cases that were withdrawn last year, 05 cases were assigned before the year 2015.

The audit revealed that 32 of these cases were assigned cases between 2015 and 2018.

The Bribery or Corruption Allegations Investigation Commission has told the audit that these cases have been withdrawn in order to avoid technical errors in the cases and reinstitute them subsequently.

The audit has recommended that the technical errors in the withdrawn cases should be avoided and the cases should be re-filed.

The Bribery or Corruption Allegations Investigation Commission has issued this audit report for the year 2021.

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