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Harare Bureau
ZANU-PF activist Fidelis Fengu is being implicated in a case in which he is alleged to have fraudulently pretended to be the principal immigration director and forged a letter for a Chinese national to be issued with a resident permit.

Shu Xiaofeng is reported to have paid $2,500 for the services. Fengu’s other accomplice, Francis Hungwe, the Zanu-PF director for business liaison, has since appeared in court facing fraud charges.

Sources yesterday said the matter came to light when Shu approached the immigration department headquarters on July 23 this year, with the approval letter purported to have been issued by the principal immigration director Clemence Masango.

His letter was verified, resulting in Shu being interviewed after immigration officials became suspicious. “It was revealed that he was assisted by Francis Hungwe to obtain the approval letter. Hungwe and another suspect, Fidelis Fengu, who acted as the principal director/commissioner for immigration, reportedly convinced the victim that his permit had been approved by the Immigration department and he paid $2,500 for the services,” a source said yesterday.

Further investigations carried out by the immigration department revealed that Shu still had a pending appeal, which had been submitted after his investor residence permit application for extension had been refused.

Hungwe was then located following the suspected case of fraud involving an immigration document.

He was arrested and he implicated Fengu.

The matter was handed over to CID Law and Order Section for further investigations and according to sources, Fengu is reported to be still at large. Hungwe has since appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court for violating the Immigration Act and is out on $100 bail.