DAILY MAIL: A minister in Tanzania accused of taking bribes from Britain's largest arms manufacturer has resigned.
Andrew Chenge quit after being accused of pocketing a backhander when his country bought a £20million military radar system from BAE Systems.
More than £500,000 was found in an offshore account belonging to the infrastructure minister, which is believed to be linked to the 2002 deal.
The company is already under scrutiny over claims it paid illegal "commissions" to win lucrative defence contracts.
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the Tanzanian deal, which went ahead even though the east African state is one of the world's poorest countries.
Mr Chenge, a Harvard-educated lawyer, was attorney general at the time.
An earlier SFO inquiry into a record £43billion BAE arms deal with Saudi Arabia was stopped by the UK Government. Two weeks ago, the High Court ruled that this had been unlawful. BAE in New Corruption Probe as Tanzanian Minister Resigns over £500,000 Bribery Claim >>> By Daniel Martin | April 21, 2008
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