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Timba still missing, MDC-T makes an urgent court application
26 Jun 2011 at 06:21hrs | Views
Jameson Timba, the Zimbabwean minister who was arrested allegedly for callin President Robert Mugabe a liar has not been heard from since, a lawyer from his MDC-T party said on Saturday.
MDC-T made an urgent court application to try and force the police to release Timba, the court was supposed to make deliberations at 1900hrs.
"By midnight Friday, I had gone to more than five police stations," said Selby Hwacha, of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), but there was no information about him.
An official at Harare central police station on Friday confirmed to the German Press Agency dpa that Jameson Timba, the secretary for international relations and minister in the premier's office, was being held there.
"We have been holding Jameson Timba since Friday afternoon. He might appear in court on Monday," the official said.
Timba's arrest on Friday has been linked to the publication of an article last week in which he was quoted as saying that Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party had lied about the outcome of a summit held by the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Timba is facing charges of "undermining the president by calling Mugabe a liar" and the party now feared for his life, MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora said.
MDC-T made an urgent court application to try and force the police to release Timba, the court was supposed to make deliberations at 1900hrs.
"By midnight Friday, I had gone to more than five police stations," said Selby Hwacha, of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), but there was no information about him.
An official at Harare central police station on Friday confirmed to the German Press Agency dpa that Jameson Timba, the secretary for international relations and minister in the premier's office, was being held there.
"We have been holding Jameson Timba since Friday afternoon. He might appear in court on Monday," the official said.
Timba's arrest on Friday has been linked to the publication of an article last week in which he was quoted as saying that Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party had lied about the outcome of a summit held by the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Timba is facing charges of "undermining the president by calling Mugabe a liar" and the party now feared for his life, MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora said.
Source - Byo24News
