Shamah no-show corruption case adjourned

THE FORMER head of the The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP), Salomon Shamah, and his defense were no-shows at a Tuesday Apr. 4  corruption hearing over the construction of a tourist facility

The case against Shamah,  and seven others,  was adjourned until Tuesday  Apr. 18.

Shamah was known as the “dirty tricks” Svengali  for  ex-president Ricardo Martinelli  and the CD party during election campaigns.

He was last spotted dining with former CD cronies,  in a Bogota, Colombia, restaurant.

The case has to do with a contract for the construction of a facility  in Rio de Jesus, Veraguas, valued at $135,000