8th Dec 2015 06:52
LONDON (Alliance News) - British American Tobacco PLC is facing another accusation of bribery in Africa after another former employee of the company alleged the group bribed a local official to mis-report the impact of a fire at one of its warehouses in Uganda, the Financial Times reported.
Solomon Muyita, a former corporate and regulatory affairs coordinator at the tobacco giant, made the claim in his case for unfair dismissal from the company in 2013. He said BAT bribed an official to secure a report stating there had been no harmful impact from the fire.
The accusation by Muyita come after Paul Hopkins, a BAT employee in Africa for 13 years, alleged in a BBC Panorama documentary that he paid bribes on BAT's behalf to undermine anti-smoking legislation in five countries in east Africa.
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By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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