DEC Officers Batter Suspected Cannabis Dealer
As they watch Vandem's film
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) officers in Eastern Province last month
allegedly battered a 30-year-old man while they watched a video tape of
celebrated film star Jean Claude Vandem to guide them.
Police Officer Robs Tobacco Farmer
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A peasant farmer in Eastern Province was last year allegedly robbed of K2.1
million cash by a policeman and two civilians after he was threatened with a
gun.
Police Release Murderer After Being Bribed?
By Delphine Hampande.
CHAWAMA police in November last year released a Rwandan refugee who
shot dead a teenage boy in full view of marketers outside his shop in
Lusaka.
Send Up-coming Lawyers For Attachment Abroad
- CBA
By Monica Kunda
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has appealed to the Government to start
sending young up coming lawyers for attachment abroad to enable them gain
new skills and more experience.
Doctors Rupture Patient's Bladder ?
By Monica Kunda
A Senanga resident has approached the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) in
Mongu to help him sue Senanga General Hospital for professional negligence.
Fake Deductions Worry School Teacher
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A Livingstone teacher is shocked that the Zambia State Insurance Corporation
(ZSIC) has continued making deductions from his salary despite the expiry of
his life policy.
Highly Qualified Lawyers Shun Judiciary
By Monica Kunda
CHIEF JUSTICE Ernest Sakala has revealed that the Zambian Judiciary is
finding it difficult to attract and retain highly qualified lawyers on the
bench because of poor conditions of service.
Police Brutality Causes Woman To Miscarry
By Delphine Hampande
A Chawama police officer last month allegedly caused a three months old
pregnant woman to miscarry after he allegedly beat her with a gun bat.
Prisoner Wants LRF To Help Him
By Delphine Hampande.
A prisoner at Kasama's Milima prison has asked the Legal Resources
Foundation (LRF) to help him get out of the prison after his court case was
closed.
Refugee Arrested Over Forged Work Permit
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A refugee has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of a forged
work permit. Also arrested with Vincent Bagirishema is an employee from the
Office of the President (OP) and Victor Mudendele who is alleged to have
assisted him forge the work permit.
Woman 22, Arrested Over Suspects' Escape
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A 22-year - old woman of Lusaka's Nyumba Yanga Township has been arrested
for allegedly helping her man friend and two other inmates escape from
police custody.
The woman who was arrested on January 18, 2003 is alleged to have provided a
pair of scissors to her long-time man friend and two others to enable them
escape from the cells.
Police Bond Lands Man In Trouble
By Monica Kunda
A Lusaka resident has landed himself in trouble with the police for signing
police bond for his brother in law who later disappeared.
LRF Calls For Establishment Of Human Rights Mobil Clinic
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
Livingstone Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) Paralegal Ernest Mukelabai has
stressed the need for the establishment of a mobile clinic in Sichili
village in Sesheke to educate the public on their human rights.
White Clothes Land Man In Gallows
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A Chipata Man was arrested and beaten by police after he was mistaken for an
escapee from Namuseche prison because of his white attire.
One Woman One Man, Advises LRF
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
THE Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) in Mtendere has warned people
to desist from marrying off their daughters to more than one man for
monetary gain.
Ex- Jail Bird, Does It Again
By Monica Kunda
A Mansa Central Prison ex-convict proved he was a die-hard thief when
shortly after his release, deceived his former inmate's wife and stole
assorted items from her.
Indian Widow Denies Stepchildren Share Of
Estate
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
AN Indian woman of Chipata has refused to share her deceased husband's
estate with her stepchildren and threatens to hand them over to the police
each time they ask her for their share.
Prisoner Bribes Local Court Messenger
By Monica Kunda
A Mongu Man who was sentenced to jail for two weeks for contempt of court
escaped after he was helped by a local court messenger whom he paid K20,
000.
Policeman Breaks Into Kanyama Resident's Shop
By Monica Kunda
A Lusaka policeman recently broke into a shop of a Kanyama resident and got
away with three shaving machines on the pretext that he was looking for the
shop owner over an alleged assault case.
Think Twice Before Marrying Foreigners,
Youths Advised
By Monica Kunda
A Lusaka resident has advised youths to think twice before getting married
to foreigners because of various complications that go with such marriages.
"She Was Not Pregnant, But Only Had Ulcers"
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A Mtendere man of Lusaka has sued his former girlfriend's elder sister for
lying that he impregnated her young sister.
Zambians Urged To Understand Legislative
Process
By Monica Kunda
NATIONAL Assembly Chief Research Officer Chikomeni Banda has said there is
need for Zambians to understand how laws are made in Parliament.
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