MTN man admits bribe: City Press
The City Press newspaper reported that a former MTN executive has admitted to bribing South Africa’s former ambassador to Iran “to thank him for assisting the mobile giant”.
According to City Press it is in possession of a transcript of Chris Kilowan’s evidence before a US court a month ago. In this transcript “he implicates himself and top MTN executives in underhanded dealings to acquire a multibillion-dollar mobile licence in the pariah state”.
MTN is currently embroiled in a legal battle with the Turkish mobile operator Turkcell which has launched a $4.2 billion lawsuit in a US court accusing MTN of bribing its way to obtain the Iranian licence and alleging human rights abuses.
The newspaper reported that Kilowan implicated another MTN executive in the bribing scandal, Irene Charnley, who allegedly “approved a bribe payment”.
Charnley and Yusuf “Jojo” Saloojee, South Africa’s former ambassador to Iran, denied they were involved in a corrupt deal.
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