JOHANNESBURG – The former chief executive of MTN Group denied on Sunday that he authorised bribes to Iranian and South African government officials in return for a cellular licence in Iran.
‘I can state quite categorically that during my tenure as group CEO of MTN no bribes were authorised or paid by the MTN Group to any South African or Iranian government officials to secure the mobile licence in Iran,’ Phuthuma Nhleko said in a statement.Turkish mobile operator Turkcell this week filed a US$4,2 billion lawsuit against MTN in a US federal court, accusing it of using bribery and other corrupt acts to win its licence in Iran in 2004.Nhleko, who was then the CEO of MTN, is named in the suit, as well as current CEO Sifiso Dabengwa, who was then the chief operating officer. -Nampa-Reuters
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