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Yeukai Karengezeka
Court Correspondent
A TEAM from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested a Chinese businesswoman, Li Song, as she was about to leave the Harare Magistrates Court premises.
Her arrest emanated from allegations of evading duty on chemicals she imported in 2023, particularly sodium cyanide and hydrated lime.
Allegations are that sometime in 2023, Song made an application to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for some rebates to import sodium cyanide and hydrated lime.
The application was reportedly approved by Zimra at Bulawayo port for consignments of sodium cyanide using the name of a company she was a co-director until March 2022.
It is reported that the consignments of the chemicals were imported from Mauritius to Zimbabwe under the name of the company she used to have shareholding in, thereby defrauding Zimra.
As a result of the misrepresentation, Song did not pay for duty for the said consignment and did not deliver the said chemicals to the company whose name was used to import them.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter