A BANKER at ABSA Bank has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that about US$200,000 was transferred into Given Lubinda’s account from China Cotton and China Africa company. Mupeta Ngambi, a branch manager at ABSA Bank’s Cosmopolitan Mall branch was testifying in a matter in which Lubinda, who is acting PF president is facing four counts of being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. In count one, it is alleged that Lubinda on March 3, 2018, in Lusaka, received US$ 50,000 from China Africa Cotton Limited, property reasonably suspected of being a proceed of crime. Lubinda is in the second count alleged to have on February 2, 2019, received US$100,000 from Qingdao Ruichang Cotton...

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