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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday asked a London court to uphold his immunity, while a shipbuilding company at the centre of Mozambique\u2019s litigation over the decade-long \u201ctuna bond\u201d scandal tried to drag him into an ongoing high court case.<\/p>\n

Emirati-Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest is embroiled in a $3.1-billion lawsuit from Mozambique, which accuses it of paying bribes to officials and Credit Suisse bankers.<\/p>\n

London\u2019s High Court has yet to rule on the case following a trial last year. Mozambique settled with Credit Suisse\u2019s new owner UBS on the eve of the trial in October.<\/p>\n

Shortly before last year\u2019s trial began, the High Court ruled that Nyusi had not been properly served with Privinvest\u2019s lawsuit and that he was entitled to immunity as a head of state.<\/p>\n

Privinvest wants to sue Nyusi for allegedly accepting $11 million in unlawful campaign payments from Privinvest, which says the payments were lawful.<\/p>\n

The company says that if the court finds the payments unlawful, Nyusi should contribute to any damages it may be ordered to pay.<\/p>\n

Lawyers representing Privinvest told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that Nyusi had been properly served when court papers were left at his presidential palace in 2021.<\/p>\n

As Nyusi did not claim immunity until 2023, \u201che was out of time… and that is the end of the matter,\u201d Privinvest\u2019s lawyer Duncan Matthews said.<\/p>\n

Nyusi\u2019s lawyer Rodney Dixon, however, said Privinvest was trying to remove Nyusi\u2019s immunity because he did not respond quickly enough to documents \u201csaid to have been left at a security checkpoint at a presidential palace\u201d.<\/p>\n

The allegations against Nyusi arise out of Mozambique\u2019s mammoth lawsuit, originally brought against Credit Suisse, Privinvest and others, over the tuna bonds scandal.<\/p>\n

Mozambique alleges bribes were paid to secure favourable terms in relation to three projects in 2013 and 2014, including one designed to exploit the republic\u2019s tuna-rich coastal waters.<\/p>\n

Lawyers representing Privinvest and its late owner Iskandar Safa, who died on Jan. 29, leaving his estate as a party to the case, say Mozambique\u2019s lawsuit is politically motivated.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday asked a London court to uphold his immunity, while a shipbuilding company at the centre of Mozambique\u2019s litigation over the decade-long \u201ctuna bond\u201d scandal tried to drag him into an ongoing high court case. 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