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Man arrested for insulting President Mugabe
02 Oct 2011 at 23:15hrs | Views
A HARARE man was last week arrested for allegedly insulting President Mugabe after he was involved in an altercation with his subordinate, The herald reported on Monday.
The suspect, who is the general manager of a local company, Parrogate Zimbabwe in Glendale was questioned by the police and released.
He is expected to appear in court soon once investigations are completed. Mashonaland Central provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Memory Pamire, confirmed the arrest and said the incident occurred last week.
"We are investigating the case of the suspect for undermining the authority or insulting the President as defined in the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9;23," she said.
"It is alleged that he said something to insult the President."
Insp Pamire said this occurred when the company had been temporarily closed by NSSA for non-compliance of safety regulations.
As a result of this, there was an altercation between the suspect and a subordinate.
Sometime last month, one of the workers wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in The Herald complaining about the working conditions at the company.
This resulted in the immigration department reacting to the letter in a bid to check the permits of the Indian owners as they suspected that some of them could have been in the country illegally.
When they went to the premises, they discovered that the working conditions were also bad and informed officials at NSSA.
On September 13, the immigration officials teamed up with NSSA, resulting with the closure of the company. There were about 250 contract workers at the company that specialises in cotton ginning.
The suspect, who is the general manager of a local company, Parrogate Zimbabwe in Glendale was questioned by the police and released.
He is expected to appear in court soon once investigations are completed. Mashonaland Central provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Memory Pamire, confirmed the arrest and said the incident occurred last week.
"We are investigating the case of the suspect for undermining the authority or insulting the President as defined in the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9;23," she said.
"It is alleged that he said something to insult the President."
Insp Pamire said this occurred when the company had been temporarily closed by NSSA for non-compliance of safety regulations.
As a result of this, there was an altercation between the suspect and a subordinate.
Sometime last month, one of the workers wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in The Herald complaining about the working conditions at the company.
This resulted in the immigration department reacting to the letter in a bid to check the permits of the Indian owners as they suspected that some of them could have been in the country illegally.
When they went to the premises, they discovered that the working conditions were also bad and informed officials at NSSA.
On September 13, the immigration officials teamed up with NSSA, resulting with the closure of the company. There were about 250 contract workers at the company that specialises in cotton ginning.
Source - TH
