A CHINESE investor has pleaded with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to intervene in a court case that involves his company and three former employees who are facing fraud charges since 2018 but the case is yet to appear before court.
In a letter to Zacc dated July 23 seen by Zim Morning Post, the Chinese investor Fenge Ying Ge claims that his company lost money amounting to US$150 000 from his three employees and reported the case but no one has been brought to answer to the charges before court.
Lii Minghe and Shen Yonghua fellow Chinese nationals and Tomboonei Maronga are alleged to have falsified invoices prejudicing their employer of more than US$ 150 000.
Ying Ge claims despite compelling evidence against the trio, the court case has unnecessarily been postponed more than five times and on each occasion it is established that the court the papers would have been tempered with.
“The case has been plagued by unexplained delays and tampering with court papers. This has left me with little faith in Zimbabwe’s justice delivery system,” read part of the letter to Zacc.
“Initially when the case went to court in December 2018, there were several delays as the prosecutors in Gweru told me that they were being threatened by one Gift Karanda of Squeed Mining Private Limited. I made the complaint resulting in the case being transferred to Bulawayo by the Prosecutor General.”
Ying Ge alleges that after the case was referred to Bulawayo four postponements were made with no proper explanation after another Chinese national openly told him that “they would pay their way around the system.”
The letter claims he was told openly to withdraw the case as the Minghe’s current employer had links with prosecutors.
He accuses the Prosecutor General of tempering with court papers and delaying prosecution through unnecessary postponements.
“I also noticed with concern that the charge sheets and state outlines were changed when the Prosecutor General gave an instruction that the matter be reffered to Bulawayo”
Yinge Ge claims that he has been visited by people purporting to be police officers but demanding to see EMA compliance certificates as a way of intimidating him.
The investor is seeking solace from Zacc amid fears that the justice system is flawed and rife with corrupt individuals.
Prosecutors and magistrates stand accused of receiving kickbacks from high profile politicians and business people to delay prosecution, alter or make charge sheets disappear.
The letter exposes the rot within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC).
