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TOP OFFICIALS TO FRY FOR ASIANS INFLUX

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MBABANE – Eight high-ranking officers in the Ministry of Home Affairs could soon find themselves being investigated and put on the dock on charges of alleged corruption based on the roles they played in the influx of Asians into the country.


This could be an eventuality, only if the Report of the Probe of the Influx of Asian Nationals into the Kingdom could be adopted together with its recommendations.
According to some of the recommendations of the draft report, which the Times SUNDAY was partly shown, heads will have to roll into the ministry of home affairs.
The report is expected to be tabled on Monday in the House of Assembly by the Chairman of the Select Committee that was tasked to conduct the probe. The chairman is Zombodze Emuva Constituency MP Titus Thwala.
The other members of the committee are Mtfongwaneni MP Mjuluko Dlamini, Mbabane West MP Johane Shongwe, Nhlambeni MP Frans Dlamini, Manzini North MP Jan Sithole and Hhukwini MP Saladin Magagula. Others were MPs Mthokozisi Kunene, Patrick Motsa and Michael Masilela.


This publication was made to understand that it was recommended that a senior official in the ministry of home affairs (name deliberately withheld as the official has not been charged), a senior official at the Immigrations Department and six other officials in the same department should be suspended.


On top of the suspension, it was further recommended that the matter of the officials be handed over to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for investigation and appropriate action to be taken.
Through its well-placed and impeccable sources, the Times SUNDAY learnt that indeed, the suspension of the eight was part of the recommendations. One of the senior sources further disclosed that the draft document was supposed to be signed last week by the Chairperson of the probe tea,m Titus Thwala and the Secretary Celumusa Khoza.


“I can confirm that there are some of the recommendations that touch on the eight people you are talking about. However, there are also others who the recommendations finger, but we are yet to meet and go through the report before  it could be presented to the House of Assembly,” the source said.
Meanwhile, the committee chairperson confirmed that the document was complete but they were still to go through it and fuse in some of the presentations made by the last group that presented, this being the citizenship board.

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