Panama auditor targets ex-port regulators and Hong Kong firm’s executives in canal probe
Por Teresa Elena Frontado,Igor Patrick — South China Morning Post – News feed
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Anel Flores says additional material concerns ex-maritime authority board members, executives of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison’s subsidiary
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Teresa Elena Frontado in Washington and Igor Patrick in Rio de Janeiro Published: 3:10am, 3 Oct 2026 Panama’s comptroller general said on Friday that his office would send prosecutors more audit material on former executives of CK Hutchison’s local subsidiary next week, as part of a criminal investigation into the Hong Kong conglomerate’s annulled Panama Canal ports concession .
Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, Anel Flores said prosecutors had requested documents concerning Panama Ports Company (PPC), the operator of the Balboa and Cristobal terminals at either end of the canal until February.
In addition to some PPC executives, the material covers former board members of the Panama Maritime Authority, the regulator that oversaw the concession.
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