Hong Kong police say enough evidence to charge Grace Mugabe

grace_mugabe_1.jpgGrace Mugabe
Police in Hong Kong believe they have enough evidence to have First Lady Grace Mugabe prosecuted for assaulting a photographer last month.

Grace instructed her bodyguard to hold down UK Sunday Times
photographer Richard Jones, while she assaulted him. A diamond
encrusted ring she was wearing caused several bruises and cuts to his
face and forehead. Mrs. Mugabe took exception to being photographed
while she was on a shopping spree and spending lavishly, while her
countrymen starved. The police report has already been sent to the
Department of Justice, who will make a final decision on whether to
proceed against her.

The new development comes after two vital
witnesses, an Austrian tourist and a Hong Kong resident, were traced
and later gave detailed statements to police about the assault. The
only saving grace for Mrs. Mugabe could be the use of diplomatic
immunity, which she could invoke to avoid the charges.

And
this was not the only assault, courtesy of the Mugabe's. Following
reports that the Mugabe family had bought a plush mansion in Hong Kong
two photographers were assaulted after trying to take pictures of the
£4 million home. American Tim O’Rourke and Briton Colin Galloway were
assaulted by three Zimbabweans guarding the property, two men and a
woman. 

The Zimbabwe National Students Union meanwhile
continues to campaign for the deportation of Mugabe's daughter Bona
Mugabe, who is studying in Hong Kong. The students argue she must come
back to Zimbabwe and see first hand the collapse of education and
infrastructure, created by her father's reign.

 

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