The Zanu regime forced police officers and soldiers to cast early ballots in front of their superiors and warned them they would be fired if they did not vote for Robert Mugabe.
In Matabeleland, voting took place from Wednesday until Friday last week. Officers who voted for Mugabe were saluted by their superior and thanked for “serving the nation”. Some police officers defied the order and voted for Tsvangirai. Many immediately fled from the area, while others were thought to have been detained or are missing.
Paradzai Tinogorei, a police officer at Rose Camp in Bulawayo, voted for Tsvangirai despite the presence of his superior. He was given a letter ordering him to appear before a disciplinary hearing and evicted from his house at the camp and his property was thrown out on Monday.
The officer was last seen on Saturday. His friends say two Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers came looking for him over the weekend. His whereabouts are not known.
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