Police take over MDC-T member's house

Scores of armed police officers have taken over the house of an MDC member in Glen View 3, Harare after chasing the family and tenants away last week. The house, Number 1329, 2nd Crescent is owned by Mr Dehwa who is a former councillor for Ward 30.

Last week the Dehwa family and tenants were forced to flee the house after the police descended in the suburb and arrested over 25 MDC activists on allegations of murdering a police officer who was killed by unknown revellers at a drinking outlet at Glen View 3 shopping centre. Twenty MDC activists are now in remand prison over the trumped-up murder charge. The police officers have occupied all the rooms at the house and can be seen playing music at full blast and cooking.

Meanwhile, Hon. Shepherd Mushonga, Mazowe Central MP has been acquitted on charges of stealing quarry stones worth US$700 in his constituency. Hon. Mushonga was arrested in March but the case was thrown away after the prosecution failed to prove the charges. Defence lawyer, Thabani Mpofu successfully mounted an application for a discharge at the end of the prosecution case. Mpofu convinced the court that the quarry stones in question were used for development project in Mazowe Central and were never converted to the MP's personal use.