In an interview with Bulawayo based Pakistani businessman, Imran Shahzad who owns Bulk Commodities which trades as Cash and Carry denied paying $750 in protection fees to stop the planned seizure of his businesses by Zanu-PF officials after he demanded $35 000 he had lent to a ruling party youth leader.
Said Shahzad:
All the allegations they are making are lies and you must ask yourself why I am still here if I bribed them. I am a Zimbabwean just like you and I run the business according to the laws. I know where to go if someone tries to take my property. Do you think I can bribe someone with $750 for a business worth millions. This is a joke.
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