Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:16:19 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU THE Human Rights Commission has warned police not to abuse powers given to them under the Preservation of Public Security Act. Commission chairman, Mudford Mwandenga, yesterday said law enforcement officers must not abuse human rights of suspects during the declared threatened state of emergency period but adhere to the provisions of the Preservation of the Public Security Act and the regulations made thereunder. He said the HRC would be monitoring the situation because there were fears that police might start abusing their powers. Recently, President Edgar Lungu invoked Article 31 of the constitution to give police and other defence and security agencies more powers to stop a spate of attacks designed to sabotage economic infrastructure in the country. During this period, law enforcers would stop and search vehicles without a warrant, withdraw travel documents and detain suspects for more than 48 hours with authority of a […]
