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State
to charge VOP bosses
MISA-Zimbabwe
Janaury 23, 2006
Leading human
rights lawyer Arnold Tsunga will be charged with breaching Zimbabwe’s
broadcasting laws in his capacity as a trustee of the Voice of the
People (VOP) radio station.
Otto Saki, of
the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) chaired by Tsunga,
said the Attorney-General’s Office had confirmed that the police
were still keen to interview Tsunga on allegations of breaching
the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA).
Saki told MISA-Zimbabwe
that his lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, had on 23 January 2006 approached
the AG’s office where she had been told that Tsunga would face
similar charges pressed against VOP director John Masuku and that
he was likely to appear in court tomorrow.
Masuku who is
already on bail, was last week remanded to appear in court on 30
March 2006.
Police officers
from the Law and Order section on 21 January 2006 descended on Tsunga’s
house in Harare where they took away Anesu Kamba, a driver with
the ZHLR and Tsunga’s gardener, Charles Nyamufukudzwa.
Kamba and Nyamufukudzwa
are still in police custody for allegedly obstructing the course
of justice and were still to appear in court.
Tsunga and another
VOP trustee Nhlanhla Ngwenya, were not at their respective homes
on the day in question and were still to be interrogated in connection
with the alleged offence.
Background
Masuku
was arrested after the police raided the VOP radio station’s
offices in Harare on 15 December 2006 during which they confiscated
computers, equipment and administration files.
Three VOP workers
Nyasha Bhosha, Maria Nyanyiwa and Kundai Mugwanda spent four nights
in police custody following the raid. The three were subsequently
released without being charged.
These developments
come on the backdrop of the bombing of the VOP offices some three
years ago on 29 August 2002.
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