UK Businessman Denies Wrongdoing Over Arms Deal With Impoverished Malawi

A man carries goods on his head as he walks past a flooded road damaged by tropical storm Ana at Thabwa village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, on Jan. 26, 2022. Eldson Chagara/Reuters

A British businessman who is being investigated on suspicion of bribing government officials in Malawi—one of Africa’s poorest nations—over an arms deal, has denied any wrongdoing.

In an interview with The Times of London, Zuneth Sattar, 41, from Leicester said: “I am not corrupt. I am a good person. My fate is in God’s hands.”