{"id":14348,"date":"2012-06-03T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T09:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=14348"},"modified":"2012-06-04T11:13:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T09:13:33","slug":"mtn-man-admits-bribe-citypress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/14348\/mtn-man-admits-bribe-citypress\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN man admits bribe: City Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City Press newspaper reported that a former MTN<\/a> executive has admitted to bribing South Africa\u2019s former ambassador to Iran \u201cto thank him for assisting the mobile giant\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to City Press it is in possession of a transcript of Chris Kilowan\u2019s<\/a> evidence before a US court a month ago. In this transcript \u201che implicates himself and top MTN executives in underhanded dealings to acquire a multibillion-dollar mobile licence in the pariah state\u201d.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The newspaper reported that Kilowan implicated another MTN executive in the bribing scandal, Irene Charnley<\/a>, who allegedly \u201capproved a bribe payment\u201d.<\/p>\n

Charnley and Yusuf \u201cJojo\u201d Saloojee, South Africa\u2019s former ambassador to Iran, denied they were involved in a corrupt deal.<\/p>\n

—Full City Press article<\/a><\/p>\n

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