Nqobani Ndlovu from the Zimbabwe Standard, Pindai Dube of the Daily News and freelancers Pamenus Tuso and Oscar Nkala were picked up around 11am and only released after 5pm.
‘We were never put in cells but they put us in an office where they interrogated us for hours. They questioned our motive in covering the eviction of the police officer from his house,’ one of the journalists told us.
Police had to summon an officer who had knowledge of digital cameras to ensure that all pictures taken of Assistant Inspector Tedius Chisango were deleted.
Not all of the pictures were deleted however, leaving at least two that were used in the papers on Sunday. Meanwhile the police officer evicted from the house told SW Radio Africa that he is in a process of engaging lawyers to fight his dismissal from the force.
When Assistant Inspector Chisango was evicted from his house he was dumped in the bush near Ntabazinduna Police Training Depot on the outskirts of Bulawayo on Friday.
‘They said I was a threat to national security and was causing despondency in the police by having an MDC song as my ringtone,’ Chisango said. The fired policeman is originally from Marondera.
His mobile phone ringtone was of the popular MDC song, Simudza Ngerengere, by MDC- T MP Paul Madzore.
Police allege that Chisango, who worked as medical officer at Ntabazinduna Police Training Depot, also kept music that promoted the MDC-T on his computer.
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