Zambia: Netizens Question Judges' Suspensions

When Zambian president Michael Sata suspended a Supreme Court judge and two high court judges and set up a tribunal to probe their alleged misconduct, he probably did not count on the political backlash that the whole matter would engender, even threatening the tenure of his Director of Public Prosecutions.

President Sata suspended Supreme Court Judge Philip Musonda, along with High Court judges Nigel Mutuna and Charles Kajimanga for allegedly improperly transferring a civil case in which state-run Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) had sued the Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito with his lawyer brother Nchima Nchito and private newspaper The Post owner, Fred Mmembe over an unpaid debt of K14 billion or US$2.5 million in their capacity as directors of defunct airline, Zambian... [via Global Voices Online]