Richard Tsvangirai, the son of the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai failed to open a bank account with ICBC China because of sanctions against Zimbabwe.
The bank told him he could not open a bank account because he came from a country on a blacklist that includes South Sudan and Yemen.
This is despite the Acting Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhao Baogang calling for sanctions against the country to be removed.
Richard said: “So today I tried to open a bank account with ICBC here in China, however, surprisingly, I couldn’t do so because I originate from a sensitive country, some of the countries who were on the backlist are South Sudan, Yemen.”
So today I tried to open a bank account with ICBC here in China, however, surprisingly, I couldn't do so because I originate from a sensitive country, some of the countries who were on the backlist are South Sudan, Yemen.
— Richard Tsvangirayi (@RTsvangirayi) February 24, 2019
Welcome to Sanctions Richard Tsvangirai!
When we say sanctions affect every1 we mean that @RTsvangirayi
That’s what sanctions means ?
In case u asking y a Chinese bank, the financial system runs from NY!
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— mmatigari (@matigary) February 24, 2019
