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(LUSAKATIMES) Henry’s charges can only be revealed if he presents himself-Inspector General

Henry’s charges can only be revealed if he presents himself-Inspector General
TIME PUBLISHED - Monday, April 2, 2012, 1:59 pm

Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani has said that the charges against the fugitive son of former President Rupiah Banda, Henry can only be revealed when he presents himself for question before law enforcement officers.

The Inspector General was reacting to South African High Commissioner to Zambia Moses Chikane who is quoted as saying that his country cannot extradite Henry to their Zambian counterparts in the absence of charges.

Ms Libongani said it is now the responsibility of Interpol to avail the details of Henry Banda’s case to South Africa since the Zambian government has handed over the details to French basedpolice organisation.

Henry, the most prominent son of former president Rupiah Banda is wanted for questioning in connection with the engagement of RP Capital Group to evaluate Zamtel assets at the cost of $2 million and the subsequent sale of the company to LAP Green of Libya.

The Zambian government has since reversed the sale of Zamtel and returned 100 percent ownership of the telecommunications company.

And Ms. Libongani has observed that intellectual property rights violation poses serious threats to the country than just economic loss to the rights’ holder.

She says the failure to protect intellectual property rights undermines confidence in the economy, removes opportunities for growth, erodes the country’s technical advantages and disrupts fairness and competitiveness in the market place.

Ms. Libongani said this at Lilayi Police College in Lusaka this morning during the opening of a five day decentralization training seminar on intellectual property enforcement organized by the British American Tobacco.

She says the focus of the programme is to ensure that at the end of the course, the police service should be in a position to decentralize the functions performed by the IPU unit at the police headquarters to other provinces of the country.

QFM

Labels: CORRUPTION, HENRY BANDA, MMD, POLICE, SECRECY, TRANSPARANCY

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