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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6642 TUESDAY 4 APRIL 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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ACC arrests Chinese national Notorious burglar off in Walvis Bay for bribery to jail Floris Steenkamp
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A 32-year old Chinese national who works as a site agent for Jiangsu Zhengtai Construction, the company constructing the Dunes Mall at Walvis Bay, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Namibia (ACC) on Wednesday for accepting a bribe.
The man, Allen Yue, approached the owners of Security Supplies Services and demanded a cash sum from them, failing of which he would not process their invoice for security services render for March 2017. He further threatened to have their contract with Jiangsu Zhengtai Construction ended. The owners of the security company approached the ACC and last Wednesday a sting operation was carried out. At a location near the Walvis Bay lagoon one of the owners of the security company handed over an envelope containing cash to Yue. As he accepted the money, members of the ACC assisted by the Namibian Police apprehended him. Yue was charged under the Anti-Corruption Act and made a first appearance in the Walvis Bay magistrate's court on Thursday. He was denied bail and the case returns to court on 31 May.
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Allen Yue
Mayoral Charity Ball’s goat Police exempted from paying landing fees gets its rightful owner Sharlien Tjambari at Swakopmund Erwin Leuschner Last year in mid- November the Swakopmund Council/ Municipality hosted its Mayoral Charity Ball which turned out to be a very successful fundraising event. Councillor Omuiingona Uahimisa Kaapehi pledged a live goat for the fundraising and the animal was auctioned.
Starting this month (1 April 2017) the Ministry of Safety and Security is exempted from paying landing fees at the Swakopmund Aerodrome. The Swakopmund Town Council decided this at the recent meeting after and approved the request by the Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Sebastian Ndeitunga.
The two gentlemen who showed the biggest interest in the goat interest in the auction were Riaan Coetzee of Namibia Construction and Christo Van Wyk, who each bid N$2 500 for the goat, amounting to a total of N$5 000 in aid of the fundraising. Van Wyk later gave up on the goat. On Monday Kaapehi brought the goat to the municipal offices and handed the animal over to Mayor Nashilundo. Then the mayor handed over the goat to Coetzee who was very happy to drive off with the live goat on his pick-up. The Mayor also received a painting which was donated by Mr Stiebahl in aid of the fundraising. The main aim of the Mayoral Charity Ball is to establish strategic alliances with stakeholders and other relevant role players to uplift
Ndeitunga sent a letter to the municipality in February this year requesting Town Council to in future exempt the police from paying landing fees at the Aerodrome. “The Namibian Police helicopters are used during combating of crime and rescue missions thus from time to time will have to land at Swakopmund Airport for refueling. The Police helicopters landings per year were very low in the past and mainly depends on the crime combating or rescues missions that were needed in Erongo Region,” Ndeitunga wrote. He motivated his request by stating that the police provide a valuable and essential service to the town and the region. According to a statement attached to the Agenda the helicopter conducts about one landing per month in Swakopmund. After considering the above Town Council approved the request as the operations are of national interest. Currently the Ministry has an outstanding amount payable of N$2214.01. “If considered favorably, the mentioned balance can be settled against revenue of the landings,” it states in the Agenda.
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