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UK citizen deported for illegally working in Zimbabwe
28 Jan 2011 at 21:01hrs | Views
A UK citizen working illegally as senior official for Telecel Zimbabwe has been arrested and deported.
The Telecel official, Simon Payne, was arrested by immigration officials last Friday and appeared before a Harare magistrate on Monday. He was fined US$1 000 or six months in prison for violating the Immigration Act for working in the country without a requisite permit.
Telecel was fined US$1 500 for employing a person without a work permit. Payne, who is based in the United Kingdom, was deported on Monday evening.
Payne was contracted by the company to work in the country between December 1 last year to December 31 this year. The company failed to apply for a work permit for him. Investigations by the Immigration Department revealed that he started working in Zimbabwe early last year without the relevant documents.
The Telecel official, Simon Payne, was arrested by immigration officials last Friday and appeared before a Harare magistrate on Monday. He was fined US$1 000 or six months in prison for violating the Immigration Act for working in the country without a requisite permit.
Telecel was fined US$1 500 for employing a person without a work permit. Payne, who is based in the United Kingdom, was deported on Monday evening.
Payne was contracted by the company to work in the country between December 1 last year to December 31 this year. The company failed to apply for a work permit for him. Investigations by the Immigration Department revealed that he started working in Zimbabwe early last year without the relevant documents.
Source - Byo24NEWS
