BRITAIN: Hoogstraten denies flouting Zimbabwe laws.NOTORIOUS British property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten Nicholas Van Hoogstraten (born February 25, 1945) is a wealthy British businessman and property owner, with a controversial history. He was born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten in Shoreham-by-Sea, the son of a shipping agent. He was educated at a local Jesuit school. denied flouting Zimbabwe's foreign currency exchange rules yesterday. The businessman faces charges that he illegally demanded rent for his properties in the troubled African state in US dollars. Van Hoogstraten, 62, remained in custody in Harare and was expected to appear in court later. In a statement issued by his defence team, he denied any wrongdoing and said he has not fallen out with President Robert Mugabe Mugabe redirects here. For other uses, see Mugabe (disambiguation). Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB (born on February 21, 1924) is the President of Zimbabwe.[1] He has been the head of government in Zimbabwe since 1980, first as Prime Minister[2] or his government. He said: "The charges are a deliberate and malicious entrapment entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g. scheme. I deny all of them. There is nothing political about my arrest. "I would like to stress that the misconception that I have fallen out with the Zimbabwean authorities is utterly false." Van Hoogstraten was arrested last Thursday in a police raid at his luxury Emerald Hill home and charged with illegally dealing in foreign currency. Police said the developer, who owns 200 properties in Zimbabwe, will also face charges linked to pornographic material found in his house. CAPTION(S): Nicholas van Hoogstraten |
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