Police in Harare on 8 May 2008 picked Davison Maruziva the editor of the privately owned The Standard reportedly over an opinion piece that appeared in the weekly’s edition of 20 April 2008.
Deputy Editor Bill Saidi confirmed to MISA-Zimbabwe that two policemen from the Law and Order Section had this morning picked Maruziva from his office. Saidi said Maruziva was accompanied to Harare Central Police station by the chief executive officer of ZimInd Publishers, Raphael Khumalo. ZimInd Publishers also publishes the weekly Zimbabwe Independent.
He said the police indicated that they wanted to question Maruziva over the opinion piece written by Professor Arthur Mutambara, leader of the other formation of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The article in question appeared in The Standard on 20 April 2008 under the headline: A shameful betrayal of national Independence.
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