Malawi | Human Rights & Democracy Building
Treason trial for Malawi Vice President slated for May
Journal Chrétien - Paris,France
The long-awaited treason trial of Malawi’s Vice President, Cassim Chilumpha, will start in May 2008, and the hearing will be open to the public, his lawyer Viva Nyimba said Tuesday. Chilumpha was arrested in April 2006 along with two businessmen — Yusuf Matumula and Rashid Nembo — for allegedly attempting to assassinate President Bingu wa Mutharika and overthrow his then two-year old government ... The State applied to court to have the witnesses, a South African and Malawian based in South Africa, to testify in camera, wear a hood to keep their identities a secret, and that the media should be barred from taking their pictures and that their voices be distorted for fear of recognition. The alleged assassins are said to have been hired by Chilumpha and businessman Matumula, who are both members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF), to assassinate Mutharika.
Journal Chrétien - Paris,France
The long-awaited treason trial of Malawi’s Vice President, Cassim Chilumpha, will start in May 2008, and the hearing will be open to the public, his lawyer Viva Nyimba said Tuesday. Chilumpha was arrested in April 2006 along with two businessmen — Yusuf Matumula and Rashid Nembo — for allegedly attempting to assassinate President Bingu wa Mutharika and overthrow his then two-year old government ... The State applied to court to have the witnesses, a South African and Malawian based in South Africa, to testify in camera, wear a hood to keep their identities a secret, and that the media should be barred from taking their pictures and that their voices be distorted for fear of recognition. The alleged assassins are said to have been hired by Chilumpha and businessman Matumula, who are both members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF), to assassinate Mutharika.
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