Suspended Zim A-G probed
28/12/2007 11:42  - (SA)  

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Harare - President Robert Mugabe has appointed a three-man tribunal to probe misconduct charges against Zimbabwe's suspended Attorney-General Sobusa Gula-Ndebele, state radio reported on Thursday.

Mugabe suspended gula-Ndebele on December 14 after he was accused of meeting with former banker James Mushore, who was wanted by police for siphoning foreign currency from Zimbabwe.

"President (Robert) Mugabe (has) sworn in a three-member tribunal to investigate allegations being levelled against attorney-general, Gula-Ndebele," the report said.

"Gula-Ndebele was suspended on allegations of conduct contrary to or inconsistent with duties of a public officer."

According to the constitution of Zimbabwe, the president may revoke the suspension on the advice of the tribunal, to be chaired by high court judge Chinembiri Bhunu.

Charges against Gula-Ndebele arose after an alleged September meeting with Mushore, former deputy managing director of National Merchant Bank (NMB) who had just sneaked back into the country from Britain.

Police said Mushore and three colleagues set up a money transfer agency in London in breach of Zimbabwe's strict foreign exchange laws and siphoned funds to offshore accounts.

Mushore had been on the police wanted list since 2004.

In May, the central bank revoked NMB's foreign exchange licence after staffers moved at least $4m to foreign bank accounts without authorisation from the central bank.

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