CHOMBA MUSIKA
Lusaka
THE STATE has submitted that Patrick Mucheleka and others seeking damages for malicious detention and arrest are not entitled to the reliefs they seek because their incarceration was not malicious.
The Attorney-General has submitted that the arrest of Mr Mucheleka, Permanent Secretary for Special Duties, and others who include Minister of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Elias Mubanga was equally not malicious as there was reasonable cause why they were arrested.
The other plaintiffs are UPND national youth secretary Samuel Ngwira, Chinyimba Bwalya and Kelvin Bwalya.
The five sued the State seeking, among other reliefs, damages for false imprisonment.
In their court documents, Mr Mucheleka and others submitted that they were apprehended and arrested without reasonable cause by Zambia Police Service for 31 days…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home
