Top Defence Official Says ArriveCan Supplier Still Involved With Company While Government Employee

Published on March 21, 2024

A top official from the Department of National Defence (DND) claimed that the CEO of a company involved with ArriveCan continued his role after becoming a public servant, despite him testifying to the contrary a day earlier. Dalian founder and President David Yeo, who was recently suspended from the DND, told the Public Accounts Committee on March 19 that he had addressed any potential conflict-of-interest concerns by removing himself from his company when he became a government contractor. “Mr. Yeo shared with this committee that he had taken steps to isolate himself from Dalian. Even if this were true, this would not remove the requirement to disclose his business activities to his employer,” Bill Matthews, deputy minister of the Department of National Defence, testified on March 21....

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