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James Maridadi 'persecuted for exposing corruption'
15 Jan 2016 at 09:43hrs | Views
MDC-T Mabvuku-Tafara legislator James Maridadi has claimed that he was arrested at Beitbridge Border Post while in the process of exposing gross corruption.
Maridadi was nabbed last week by police detectives while shooting videos of customs officials and other travellers passing through the border. He was fined $300.
However, in an opinion article today, the former DJ claims he was persecuted for fighting graft.
"In the process of clearing the car, I was confronted by two fantastic cases, one of wanton corruption and another of unparalleled dereliction of duty by two duty bearers" he said.
"Corruption is very hard to prove but when you have it captured on camera who can contest it ?" he asked.
"I recorded the two incidents in order to prove my case but alas, as they say, the law is an ass. The two officials saved by a piece of legislation which makes it a criminal offence to record pictures or conversations within protected areas".
Maridadi said he was told that he "should have first obtained authority to do the recording". After his arrest, he said he was quizzed by "close to a dozen plain cloths detectives, a trainload of uniformed officers and a horde of spy agency operatives …".
Maridadi was nabbed last week by police detectives while shooting videos of customs officials and other travellers passing through the border. He was fined $300.
However, in an opinion article today, the former DJ claims he was persecuted for fighting graft.
"In the process of clearing the car, I was confronted by two fantastic cases, one of wanton corruption and another of unparalleled dereliction of duty by two duty bearers" he said.
"Corruption is very hard to prove but when you have it captured on camera who can contest it ?" he asked.
"I recorded the two incidents in order to prove my case but alas, as they say, the law is an ass. The two officials saved by a piece of legislation which makes it a criminal offence to record pictures or conversations within protected areas".
Maridadi said he was told that he "should have first obtained authority to do the recording". After his arrest, he said he was quizzed by "close to a dozen plain cloths detectives, a trainload of uniformed officers and a horde of spy agency operatives …".
Source - James Maridadi
