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Wal-Mart CEO knew of Mexico bribe claim: lawmakers

(Reuters) - lawmakers to improve public pressure, wal-mart on Thursday release company's E-mail, they say in conflict, top managers know that tied to the Mexico subsidiary of bribery charges prior statement.
E-mail display, wal-mart's senior management personnel, including current CEO Douglas g (Mike Duke) know, as early as in 2005 the company on behalf of bribing officials in Mexico charges.
Wal-mart quickly contradictory representation E-mail said, they and the former company's opinion is consistent.
In the New York times bribery charges surface last year's report, and described the company has deliberately killed the internal investigation at the beginning of the charges, wal-mart Mexico official bribery, to help build shop there.
Elijah cummings, the Democrats in the house of representatives supervision committee, Henry wei hicks mann, the Democrats in the house energy and commerce committee in April is investigating the issues. The United States department of justice and the securities and exchange commission were also investigating.
Earlier unissued, but "the New York times" report mentioned, complete E-mail, indicating that the degree to which for the company's senior lawyer said duke university and other senior management personnel in Mexico City in 2005 charges.
For example, provide an email from wal-mart's chief legal adviser Thomas Mars in October 2005, duke university and a memo, summarizes the charges, a piece of note top write: "you will want to read this. I can discuss the next step.
The company's internal investigation to the Mexico subsidiary, basically be burying it and then, according to the New York times reports.
Cummings and Waxman say these E-mail seems to is not consistent with the statement in the second New York times "an article in December last year, wal-mart spokesman.
In this article, spokesman David TuoWaEr said the protesters against SAN Juan theo's tile ridges, in Mexico, in 2004 the construction of the wal-mart stores, but don't know the corruption charges executives know.
On Thursday, a wal-mart spokesman said brooke buchanan said, from 2005 have contradiction, TuoWaEr statement in 2004, in the article cited activities of email.
She also said that the company has over, newly published documents, the U.S. justice department and the United States securities and exchange commission. "Do you have any new information published today in the letter," Lin said.
Duke university on Thursday in the letter, cummings and Waxman, also ask the company make committee Mali firm Munich, who is in 2005, wal-mart international general counsel, and wrote a newly issued email.
They said, since last June, since they've been demanding and the Munich conference, ask duke respond, January 24,.
"We are trying to discover how to make available additional information, and commitment to do what, we can properly meet their requirements, wal-mart Buchanan said."
In afternoon trading, wal-mart shares fell 0.8% to $68.



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