Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt has asked Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSE) to contact the Auditor General to reply to remarks made by Opposition leader Joseph Muscat earlier this afternoon.

Dr Muscat claimed that the company, which has been given the contact to supply the new electricity generation plant at Delimara, had a record of corruption in overseas jurisdictions and that it dismissed officials formerly in its employment to cover this up.

"I find this a matter of concern and I think it is appropriate, in the interest of transparency and public accountability, and urgent, that you immediately contact the Auditor General to reply to these remarks," the minister said in a letter to the company.

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