The Times of Zambia (Ndola)
8 July 2009
THE Government has said that the recent questioning of The Post news editor for alleged possession of obscene material contrary to the laws of Zambia should not be politicised.
Chief Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha said it was sad that some political parties were using the recent questioning and recording of warn and caution statement from the newspaper's editor to gain political mileage.
"The questioning of The Post news editor Chansa Kabwela last week should not be politicised and the police should be left to do the their work based on their evidence," Lieutenant-General Shikapwasha said.
Gen Shikapwasha, who is Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, said branding the police action as political was a cheap way of viewing the matter.
Last week, police in Lusaka recorded a warn and caution statement from Ms Kabwela for allegedly being in possession of obscene material contrary to the laws of Zambia.
The statement from Ms Kabwela was recorded after interrogating her for close to three hours in connection with pictures of a woman in childbirth.
The police action followed Ms Kabwela's sending of the pictures to Vice-President George Kunda and copied to the minister of Health, Secretary to the Cabinet, Non-Governmental Organisation Coordinating Council, Women for Change and the Roman Catholic Church Archbishop of Lusaka.
Ms Kabwela said she had sent the pictures of the woman in the hope that they would move the Government to take quick action and end the strike by health workers.
Patriotic Front president, Michael Sata recently accused the police of being used by the Government and the MMD over the statement recorded from Ms Kabwela.
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