MANAMA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Bahrain is considering whether to investigate allegations of graft at Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH and officials discussed the charges with the company on Wednesday, one of the officials told Reuters.

After the meeting, the company, known as Batelco, denied the allegations made by a lawmaker and carried by Bahrain’s Gulf Daily News newspaper in its Wednesday edition.

The lawmaker, Abdullatif al-Shaikh, accused Batelco of paying off an executive in Jordan to secure an acquisition in that country and of running bogus projects that allowed company officials to make money, the Gulf Daily News newspaper said.
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