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World Bank Panel: Wolfowitz Broke Rules

Monday, May 07, 2007 7:36:19 PM
By JEANNINE AVERSA

 U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, center, speaks with US Marine officers and Indonesian police at a military air base  in Banda Aceh, Indonesia in this  Jan. 15, 2005 file photo.  The scandal threatening to unseat World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has put the spotlight back on his tenure as U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, with critics saying he failed to speak out publicly against graft and rights abuses at the height of Suharto's autocratic regime. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)WASHINGTON (AP) - A special panel has found that World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz broke bank rules in arranging a pay package and promotion for his girlfriend, a person familiar with the report said Monday.

Wolfowitz was presented with the findings by the special bank panel investigating his handling of the 2005 promotion and pay raise of bank employee Shaha Riza.

The report was not made public, but the person familiar with its findings confirmed that violations were cited but did not provide any details. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the report has not yet been released.


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