Anti-corruption authorities to investigate Zambia's finance minister over cash-counting video
ABC News
Zambian anti-corruption authorities say they will investigate after a video on social media allegedly showed the country’s finance minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman
LUSAKA, Zambia -- Anti-corruption authorities in Zambia say they would investigate after a video posted on social media allegedly showed the country's finance minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman.
Finance Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned Tuesday but denied wrongdoing and said he had stepped down because he didn't want to cause a distraction for the government. He did not deny he was one of the people seen in the video but said there had been “malicious claims over a business transaction between my private family business and our business partner.”
“In due course, we will provide the accurate context," he said.
Kakubo said he would keep his position as a parliament member, while the Zambian Anti-Corruption Commission said it would investigate the circumstances surrounding the video.
The video shows at least three men counting piles of money neatly stacked on a table, some of it in U.S. dollars and some of it in Zambian kwacha. None of the men's faces are visible, but they can be heard counting out the cash.
