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Fidelis Fengu jailed
20 Oct 2015 at 06:21hrs | Views
ZANU-PF activist Fidelis Fengu was yesterday sentenced to four months in jail after being found guilty of masquerading as an immigration principal director and forging a letter for a Chinese who wanted a residence permit.
Fengu was convicted of contravening the Immigration Act which prohibits assisting any person whether or not such person is doli capax, to enter, remain in or depart from Zimbabwe in contravention of this act.
The magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe slapped Fengu with 12 months in jail and suspended four months for five-years on condition he does not commit a similar offence. He also suspended another four months on condition that he restitute $2 000 before or on November 30.
In passing the sentence Mr Mahwe considered that Fengu was a first offender who pleaded guilty and showed contrition. Mr Mahwe added that although Fengu was a family man, he committed a serious offence.
"You masqueraded as an immigration official yet you are not one thereby putting Government's name into disrepute. Therefore, a deterrent sentence is called for," he said.
Allegations are that between July 16 and July 23, Fengu and his accomplice Francis Hungwe received $2000 from Guo Nyogwei to facilitate the processing of a residence permit on behalf of Mr Shu Xiaofeng.
This was after Mr Shu's previous application was rejected by the immigration department. Fengu and Hungwe allegedly produced a fake document which they photocopied and gave to Shu.
They lied that the document was issued by the immigration department and was genuine. Mr Shu presented the document to immigration on July 23 assuming that it was genuine.
On verification, the immigration department discovered that the document was fake.
Investigations by the Immigration Department also showed that Mr Shu had been previously denied a permit and had a pending appeal. Mr Shu caused the arrest of Hungwe who implicated Fengu.
Fengu was convicted of contravening the Immigration Act which prohibits assisting any person whether or not such person is doli capax, to enter, remain in or depart from Zimbabwe in contravention of this act.
The magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe slapped Fengu with 12 months in jail and suspended four months for five-years on condition he does not commit a similar offence. He also suspended another four months on condition that he restitute $2 000 before or on November 30.
In passing the sentence Mr Mahwe considered that Fengu was a first offender who pleaded guilty and showed contrition. Mr Mahwe added that although Fengu was a family man, he committed a serious offence.
"You masqueraded as an immigration official yet you are not one thereby putting Government's name into disrepute. Therefore, a deterrent sentence is called for," he said.
This was after Mr Shu's previous application was rejected by the immigration department. Fengu and Hungwe allegedly produced a fake document which they photocopied and gave to Shu.
They lied that the document was issued by the immigration department and was genuine. Mr Shu presented the document to immigration on July 23 assuming that it was genuine.
On verification, the immigration department discovered that the document was fake.
Investigations by the Immigration Department also showed that Mr Shu had been previously denied a permit and had a pending appeal. Mr Shu caused the arrest of Hungwe who implicated Fengu.
Source - the herald
