Tuesday, 28 June 2011
The MDC Deputy Treasurer-General and Energy and Power Development Minister, Hon. Elton Mangoma was today acquitted of trumped-up charges of abusing public office when he assisted in the purchase of fuel to avert a national crisis.
Tendai Chinyama, the MDC Kambuzuma district organising secretary was yesterday remanded in custody by a Harare magistrate. Chinyama, who is facing allegations of murdering a police officer in Glen View 3 last month, was abducted on Thursday, last week at his workplace in Belvedere, Harare. He was found at Matapi police station in Mbare after lawyers tracked him down. Another activist, Lecture Chiturumani who was arrested on Thursday on the same charge was released on Monday after being detained for five days at Matapi police station.
Chinyama’s detention brings to 24 the number of MDC activists who are in remand prison facing allegations of murdering a police officer. The police officer was murdered by unknown revellers at a nightclub in Glen View. Judgment on their bail ruling is yet to be passed by High Court judge, Tendai Uchena.
Meanwhile, High Court judge, Chinembiri Bhunu yesterday postponed to Friday 1 July, the hearing of a bail application pending trial filed by Councillor Oddrey Sydney Chirombe of Ward 33 in Budiriro, two MDC employees, Jepheas Moyo and Abina Rutsito.
The postponement came after Edmore Nyazamba of the Attorney General’s office requested for more time to respond to the bail application by Moyo, Councillor Chirombe and Rutsito’s lawyers in which they argued that their clients were victims of “profiling”, a practice that has been directly outlawed in certain jurisdictions.
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