Luc Partoune, ex-CEO of Liège Airport, was brought before the investigating judge on Friday evening, after more than 24 hours of being deprived of his freedom. The man was arrested, the public prosecutor of Liège reported to Sudinfo on Saturday.
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Another man was also deprived of his freedom. It concerns an employee of a company that was set up to build buildings for Alibaba.
The deprivation of liberty is part of an investigation that was launched after a series of audits that the new management of Nethys had carried out by company auditor Deloitte. The audit of Liège Airport, one of Nethys’ subsidiaries, revealed several serious deficiencies in February 2021.
The report, which led to Partounes resignation, exposed several anomalies between 2017 and 2020. About 40 possible infringements were identified, in particular concerning the lifestyle and expenses of the former CEO of Liège airport. Deloitte’s analysts pointed to the total opacity of public procurement, the lack of competition, controversial and expensive consultancy assignments, fictitious jobs and massive internal expense accounts.
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