SEX SCANDAL: ASIANS SKIP COUNTRY

MANZINI – Seemingly, some of the Asian businessmen implicated in the sex-for- jobs scandal have skipped the country to South Africa and INTERPOL is likely to be roped in.

Farooq Shahaizb said while recording his statement with the police last week, he also furnished the cops with information about the implicated Asian businessmen and that some were now living in South Africa, where they were conducting business.

He said in response, the police assured him that once they had recorded enough statements to build a strong case against the alleged culprits, their profiles would be sent to the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL).

Police

INTERPOL has 194 member countries, including the Kingdom of Eswatini, and this makes it the world’s largest police organisation. It works together with the general secretariat to share data related to police investigations. Each country hosts an INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), which links national police with the global network.

Meanwhile, there are suspicions that the ‘Asian Mafia’ style has already been put into play in the cases of alleged sexual abuse in Asian shops cases. This is cording to Shahaizb, the Pakistan national who is behind exposing the alleged sexual abuse by some of his countrymen of Eswatini girls who used to work for them.

Shahaizb said he had spoken and registered another statement with authorities of Manzini Police Station, who have since taken it upon themselves that the cases be given the priority they deserve.

He said after recording the three-page statement last week, he furnished the police with contacts of the survivors so that they could also record their statements. He said he also contacted them to alert them that they would receive calls from the police about recording their statements.

“Unfortunately, out of the three girls I have been supporting, only one agreed to see the police to record her statement. The other two told me point blank that they were no longer interested in taking the matter up with the police,” Shahaizb alleged.

He said judging from what happened when he started raising the matter, he was convinced that the implicated countrymen had implemented the ‘Asian Mafia’ style by finding ways of bribing the girls to drop everything regarding the matter.

Shahaizb said he suspected this because after he started making noise about the sexual abuse issues, he was approached by a friend, who was allegedly working closely with one of the implicated Asian businessman.

Silencing

“The mutual friend pleaded with me to assist in silencing the girls and he made an offer me and the survivors. However, I rejected his plea because we agreed with the girls to report the matter to the police. I could not let them down and be seen to be against justice,” he alleged.

The Pakistan national emphasised that he was confident that the implicated Asian businessmen were the ones responsible for the sudden change of heart of the girls. He said this was because they were bitter when they were fired because of baseless accusations after they had resisted the abusive moves from their employers.

Meanwhile, Deputy Police Information and Communications Officer Inspector Nosipho Mnguni said the police have tried to get hold of the girls so that they would record their statements. However, she pointed out that they met some form of resistance when they contacted some of the survivors. She confirmed that only one of them promised to see the police and record her statement.

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