/ 10 June 1999

PARTY WANTS CHILUBA SONS HELD

ZAMBIA’S Opposition United Party for National Development is seeking the arrest and prosecution of President Frederick Chiluba’s sons, Castro and Miko. The UPND wrote to Inspector General of Police Francis Ndhlovu, expressing “utter disappointment and disgust” with his office for failing to prosecute Castro and Miko Chiluba, who allegedly assault and maim innocent citizens with sustained frequency. The police have responded by saying the decision to prosecute lies squarely with the Director of Public Prosecutions. Editorial comment in Tuesday’s edition of The Post supports the opposition party demand, saying “the entire state machinery” is mobilised to protect the two men. “There is also the added intimidation of being at loggerheads with the first family and persuasion to drop the case to save the family’s name,” the editorial says.