April 6, 2021 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 3 Comments
Malawi Police summoned
Nyasa Times journalist Watipaso Mzungu on Tuesday and held him detained at Area 30 Police headquarters in Lilongwe, interrogating him over a story published online on 1st April 2021 that quoted head of Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (Cdedi) Sylvester Namiwa who called President Lazarus Chakwera a joker and a time waster.
Cdedi executive director Silvester Namiwa: His statement quoted by Nyasa Times has sparked criminal investigations by police
Mzungu, a chief reporter for
Nyasa Times, was summoned by director of CID at national police headquarters Emmanuel Soko.
He was being quizzed why he quoted the statement from the organisation that had what police say disparaging comments criticising President Chakwera.