Release me from jail while am on appeal, Munir asks court.

Release me from jail while am on appeal, Munir asks court.

ABOUT a week after being jailed, former Lumezi lawmaker Munir Zulu has applied for bail pending hearing of an appeal against the one year jail term imposed on him. Lusaka chief resident magistrate Davies Chibwili jailed Mr Zulu after finding him guilty of defaming two cabinet ministers and Road Development Agency (RDA) board chairperson Mulchand […] The post Release me from jail while am on appeal, Munir asks court. first appeared on Mwebantu.

After five days in detention, the former Minister of Finance, Renganaden Padayachy, returned to parole yesterday. He appeared before the District Court of Port-Louis where the decision of magistrate Prashant Bisseon fell: the ex-Grand Argentier will now be able to answer for the provisional accusation of "fraud by abuse of position" free. The *Financial Crimes Commission*, by the voice of one of its investigators, indicated that she was no longe…

Mauritius: Ex-finance minister released on bail after corruption charges » Africa Global Village

Renganaden Padayachy was charged alongside former central bank governor Harvesh Seegolam. They are accused of embezzling about $6.7 million from the Mauritius Investment CorporationSourced from Africanews The post Mauritius: Ex-finance minister released on bail after corruption charges appeared first on Africa Global Village.