Ä [11] ANEWS (1:375/48) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ANEWS Ä Msg : #3305 [56] From : nyt@blythe.org 1:343/70.10 Sat 02 Apr 94 09:32 To : All Subj : Zambia: IMF Show Trial a Failure ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ From: nyt@blythe.org (NY Transfer News) Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 12:32:58 -0500 (EST) Forwarded message: From africa.news Sat Apr 2 01:07:05 1994 Path: nyxfer!cdp!newsdesk From: newsdesk@igc.apc.org (George Gundrey - IGC News Desk) Newsgroups: africa.news Subject: IPS: ZAMBIA-DRUGS: FORMER MINISTERS Message-ID: <1921801290@cdp> Date: 1 Apr 94 22:34:00 GMT Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway Lines: 83 X-APC-HostID: 1 Copyright 1994 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. *** 29-Mar-94 *** ~Title: ZAMBIA-DRUGS: FORMER MINISTERS ACQUITTED OF TRAFFICKING LUSAKA, MAR 29 (IPS) - TWO FORMER CABINET MINISTERS WERE TUESDAY ACQUITTED OF DRUG-RELATED CHARGES BY A ZAMBIAN COURT HERE. HUNDREDS OF SYMPATHISERS ERUPTED INTO JOYOUS CELEBRATION AFTER FORMER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MINISTER PRINCESS NAKATINDI WINA, AND HER HUSBAND, FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER SIKOTA WINA, WERE FOUND WITH NO CASE TO ANSWER. THE COURT RULED THAT THE COUPLE, CHARGED WITH WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION -- AN OFFENCE PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT UNDER THE REVISED DRUG LAWS -- HAD A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION THAT COULD PROVE INCRIMINATING TO THEM. THE COUPLE REFUSED TO DISCLOSE HOW THEY OBTAINED A TRANSCRIPT OF A TOP SECRET MESSAGE FROM THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION TO SOUTH AFRICA'S NARCOTICS BUREAU. THE MESSAGE GAVE DETAILS OF A CONSIGNMENT OF DRUGS THE WINAS WERE ALLEGEDLY EXPECTING FROM SOUTH AFRICA DESTINED FOR DUBAI. DESPITE THE ACQUITTAL, THE WINAS EMERGED FROM THE COURTROOM MORE STIGMATISED THAN WHEN THEY WENT IN, THANKS TO THE EVIDENCE OF KEY WITNESSES AT THE TRIAL. EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY, AMONG OTHERS, DRUG COMMISSION CHIEF RAPHAEL MUNGOLE AND HIS SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTERPART, CORNELIUS VENTOR, REVEALED THAT THE COUPLE HAD BEEN UNDER A DRUG TRAFFICKING PROBE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR AFFAIRS MADE A GIANT STEP THREE MONTHS AGO, WHEN STUTH AFRICA'S NARCOTICS BUREAU BUGGED THE WINAS' ROOM WHEN THEY STAYED AT A HOTEL IN WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA. ACCORDING TO VENTOR, INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN DRUGS ARE STILL CONTINUUNG. THE COUPLE RESIGNED FROM PUBLIC OFFICE TWO MONTHS AGO FOLLOWING INCREASED PUBLIC AND DONOR PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT FREDERICK CHILUBA TO ARREST DRUG TRAFFICKING IN HIGH PLACES. THEY, HOWEVER, RETAINED THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS AND POSITIONS IN THE RULING MOVEMENT FOR MULTI-PARTY (MMD)'S NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AS THE COURT SAT TO RULE ON THE CASE TUESDAY, RELATIVES OF THE DEFENDANTS MANHANDLED JOURNALISTS THEY ACCUSED OF BIASED REPORTING. SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING A REPORTER OF 'THE POST', AN INDEPENDENT BI-WEEKLY, HAD TO MAKE A HASTY RETREAT AS SYMPATHISERS OF THE ACCUSEDS THREATENED PHYSICAL RETRIBUTION. THE PAPER'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, FRED M'MEMBE, AND TWO REPORTERS ARE BEING CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT OF COURT OVER ARTICLES IT CARRIED BASED ON A REPORT BY A TRIBUNAL APPOINTED BY FORMER PRESIDENT KENNETH KAUNDA TO INVESTIGATE DRUG TRAFFICKING. THE REPORT NAMES PRINCESS NAKATINDI WINA AND HER HUSBAND SIKOTA WINA AS KEY PLAYERS IN ZAMBIA'S GROWING DRUG TRADE. (END/IPS/JM/GK/94) Origin: Harare/ZAMBIA-DRUGS/ ---- [c] 1994, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) All rights reserved May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or service outside of the APC networks, without specific permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, print media and broadcast. For more information, send a message to ips-info@igc.apc.org -- + 212-675-9690 NY TRANSFER NEWS COLLECTIVE 212-675-9663 + + Since 1985: Information for the Rest of Us + + GET INFO from ftpmail%transfr@blythe.org + + e-mail: nyt@blythe.org info: info@blythe.org + --- * Origin: Helix: FidoNet<>Internet - Seattle (206)783-6368 (1:343/70.10)