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Chief storms police station

Chief storms police station
By Henry Chibulu
Wednesday July 25, 2007 [04:00]

CHIEF Mwanachingwala of Mazabuka yesterday stormed Mazabuka police station and ordered station inspector, Mushewa, to immediately release the 14-year-old orphaned boy arrested for allegedly stealing sugarcane at Zambia Sugar Company Plc. Chief Mwanachingwala told inspector Mushewa and security officers from Zambia Sugar that they should not accept to be used by “white men” to punish starving children collecting left-over canes.

Chief Mwanachingwala described as an act of savagery the arrest of the orphaned boy who was caught chewing a cane and was brutally beaten up and handcuffed as he was taken to the main police station.

He said it was disappointing to note that instead of protecting Zambians, some staff at Zambia Sugar were now teaming up with foreigners to inflict more pain on people collecting left-over canes.

Chief Mwanachingwala said he was particularly bitter with Zambia Sugar’s top management for subjecting Zambians to poor working conditions.
He also urged the government to investigate why a 60-year-old Zambian was retired and replaced by an 80-year-old white man.

Company corporate affairs manager, Lovemore Sievu, refused to comment saying he was attending a Zambia International Business Advisory Council (ZIBAC) meeting which was officiated by President Mwanawasa in Livingstone.

Labels: CHIEFS, ZAMBIA SUGAR COMPANY

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