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Police raid newspaper editor’s home, arrest wife

Police arrested the wife of Fred M’membe, editor-in-chief of The Post newspaper, which was closed down in June.

Zambian Police

Police instead arrested the wife of Fred M’membe, editor-in-chief of The Post newspaper, which was closed down in June.

Witnesses said M’membe’s wife Mutinta was roughed up, and that journalist Joan Chirwa was prevented from leaving the house during the raid on Wednesday.

The local media said more police arrived at the house.

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The raid followed moves by M’membe to challenge in court the liquidation of the assets of The Post, which was closed down on grounds that it had more than 4 million dollars in tax arrears.

The newspaper has had no activity since Nov. 2, 2016 when it was placed under liquidation.

Police sources said police had arrest warrants for M’membe and his lawyer.

The charges say M’membe cannot take court action concerning the newspaper, because it is under liquidation.

“Police also tried to prevent the printing of , a newspaper launched by M’membe’s wife, but it was nevertheless on sale on the streets on Thursday morning,’’ witnesses said.

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It said that The Post had written critically about the government of President Edgar Lungu.

Amnesty International has accused the government of trying to silence critical media.

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