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Police fail to bring Hon. Roy Bennett to court
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
February 16, 2009

The MDC National Treasurer and Deputy Minister for Agriculture-designate Hon. Roy Bennett is still in police custody after the police in Mutare failed to bring him to court as initially indicated today.

Hon. Bennett was scheduled to appear in court today facing trumped up charges of insurgency and terrorism. He was arrested at the Charles Prince Airport in Mt. Hampden in Harare on his way to South Africa on Friday.

Police handling the case in Mutare said they could not bring Bennett to court as they had been called to Harare on urgent business.

The MDC views the arrest of Bennett on trumped up charges as politically motivated by Zanu PF, which is failing to show sincerity to the Global Political Agreement and the formation of an inclusive government last week.

In 2006 the police arrested the new Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Giles Mutsekwa on the same allegations being leveled against Hon Bennett, but his case was thrown out at the courts due to lack of evidence.

The case of the MDC abductees still in remand prison and that of Hon. Bennett poses a real threat to the health and life of the inclusive government and it is in this regard that the MDC calls to the inclusive government to immediately deal with the release of Hon. Bennett and the abductees.

The MDC also calls upon the inclusive government to immediately find a political outcome to the issue surrounding the abductees and Hon. Bennett.

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