The two CIOs and their Zanu(PF) colleagues demanded the bribes from the Chinese in return for protection' after accusing the businessman for supporting the MDC.
This came to light at the initial appearance, two Zanu(PF) members, Tinashe Chikara (42), Takesure Mbano of 88 ZRP Western Commonage and 45 Epping Road, Mt Pleasant, when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Constance Moyo.
They were jointly charged with CIOs, Nyikadzino Mutati, (38), Misheck Dzichauya (44) of 24 Block 5 Belvedere and 18 Refren, Eastlea in Harare respective and attached to the President's Office, Munhumutapa Building.
Chikara and Mbano were not asked to plead to contravening section 134 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (extortion) and the matter was postponed to 20 April to allow the other two to attend court.
Last year, Chikara went to the complainant's company in Kelvin West in Bulawayo where he met the complainant and one of its co directors, Guo Yongueni.
He allegedly introduced himself as a State security agent.
He told the complainant that he had been sent by his superior, Mbano who was in Harare to investigate the problem into the ownership of the company and that its directors were involved in opposition politics in the country.
Chikara allegedly told Yongueni that their Harare office had received a complaint from one of the directors.
He gave the impression that the company's directors were in a serious problem, which could lead the company being taken by the Government, since it was 100 percent foreign owned.
The shares they allegedly grabbed were valued at US $3,5 million.
Yongueni reported the matter to the police, leading to CIOs' arrests.
ZimEye
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