Police in Kabwe have been forced to release journalist Wilson Pondamali by a magistrate court.
The Zambian Watchdog reports that Mpondamali, who was discharged from Kabwe General Hospital on Wednesday and returned to a holding cell, was being detained for allegedly having links to their news website.
The police intended to keep him in detention and refused to give him police bond. But his lawyers went to court and obtained a second bail. The police ignored the first bail he was given two weeks ago before he collapsed in prison.
Even in court, the police tried their best through the state prosecutor to oppose his being granted bail. The police argued that he was flight risk and should therefore be detained. But the magistrate disagreed withe police and ordered that they release him immediately.
He was released from police around 19 hours but is due to appear in court today on the charge of malicious damage to property and attempting to escape from lawful custody.
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