2 Immigration officers have been arrested for fraudulently issuing 2 Chinese nationals with visas to stay in Zimbabwe, The Herald reports.
Two principal immigration officers, Blessing Chirumarara and Hopewell Chikosha, stationed at RGM Airport were arrested together with an ex-officer Munyaradzi Mushimbo after their colleagues who were doing routine checks discovered that they helped 2 Chinese nationals stay in the country illegally.
A source that spoke to the publication reportedly narrated that:
A team of immigration officers led by Principal Immigration Officer Fadzai Jayne Matarise went to Belgravia to conduct compliance checks and approached Mr Song Changyu, who produced his passport.
The team then checked the travel history endorsements and the visitor’s entry certificate that were on his passport. The endorsements in question were dated December 24 last year.
They became suspicious and engaged their colleagues, who work at the airport to verify the authenticity of the travel history.
It was discovered that all the visas had been fraudulently acquired at the airport after the foreigner connived with Chirumarara, who paid an undisclosed bribe.
Mr Song was arrested and he allegedly confessed during questioning that he had paid Chirumarara a bribe.
The Immigration office is still trying to establish if there are other people the trio helped to stay in Zimbabwe illegally.
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