/ 15 July 2001

MAN FINED FOR HURLING BOTTLE AT MULUZI

A 22-year-old man has been fined 100 kwacha ($1.50) by a lower court for throwing an empty beer bottle toward Malawian President Bakili Muluzi’s convoy last month, court officials said on Thursday. The official said Robson Gilinjala was arrested by Muluzi’s security agents and charged with conduct likely to cause breach of peace. Gilinjala pleaded guilty, saying he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. -AFP