By Grace ChaileLUSAKA businessman Diego Casili has sued the Daily Nation Newspaper seeking damages for defamation of character for the story it published that he was spearheading a Parallel Voter Tabulation (PVT) initiative for the forthcoming August 12 elections. Mr Casilli, of Italian origin and consul general for Belgium, feels the story, which followed complaints that he was inappropriately involved in local PVT defamed him.Mr Casilli has told the Lusaka High Court that the article published by Daily Nation on July 20, this year on its front page titled “ Hijacked PVT Sparks Uproar” was malicious.He wants the Lusaka High Court to grant him a permanent injunction preventing Daily Nation from publishing any articles on him.He is also demanding damages for libel on account of the alleged scandalous , malicious ,and libellous material published by Daily Nation against him.Mr Cassilli also wants aggravated damages for the alleged callousness and malice exhibited by Daily Nation as to […]
DIPLOMAT SUES NATION FOR DEFAMATION OVER PVT STORY
