Sanday Chongo Kabange, AfricaNews reporter in Lusaka, Zambia
Zambia's frontline opposition leader Michael Sata has been questioned for the second time on charges of money laundering involving $100, 000. Investigators from the Drug Enforcement Commission's Anti-Money Laundering Unit recorded a second statement from Sata after failing to get a satisfactory response during last week's session.
Sata, a staunch critic of President Rupiah Banda’s administration was last week tear-gassed after his supporters fought running battles with riot police.
Investigators, who last week questioned Sata over allegations surrounding a $100,000 bank transfer, summoned him to their offices on Tuesday morning.
Police fired tear gas canisters to disperse a crowd of Sata’s supporters when he was questioned in the capital on November 25, 2010.
Edward Mumbi, the former chief executive of Sata’s Patriotic Front who is now a member of the ruling party, on November 6, 2010 accused Sata of paying the money to Catholic priest Frank Bwalya to encourage him to be critical of the government ahead of 2008 elections.
Zambia's frontline opposition leader Michael Sata has been questioned for the second time on charges of money laundering involving $100, 000. Investigators from the Drug Enforcement Commission's Anti-Money Laundering Unit recorded a second statement from Sata after failing to get a satisfactory response during last week's session.
