South Africa’s elite police unit, the Hawks, have opened an investigation into allegations of corruption at MTN. This follows news reports yesterday of a senior former MTN Group executive admitting to bribing South Africa’s former ambassador to Iran following a successful license purchase.
City Press has obtained a transcript of Chris Kilowan’s evidence before a US court a month ago in which he implicates himself and top MTN executives in underhanded dealings to acquire a multibillion-dollar mobile licence in the pariah state.
In a chilling account of events before the Columbia District Court, Kilowan testified for Turkish cellphone company Turkcell in its $4,2bn (R36bn) lawsuit against MTN – South Africa’s fifth-biggest company – for “stealing” its Iranian mobile license. In his evidence, Kilowan testified under oath that:
When pressed for comment, Hawks spokesperson MacIntosh Polela only had the following to say:
“There are allegations of corruption. That’s exactly what we’re investigating.”
[Source: News24]
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