Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:45:37 +0000 The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) may conduct a private prosecution to bring to book the violent police officers who assaulted a lawyer at Emmersdale Police Station. LAZ President James Banda warned that any inertia in the prosecution of the officers for the assault of lawyer Abraham Mwansa would force the Association to undertake private prosecution to emphasize the need for the Police to conduct themselves in a professional manner. The business of the Police he said, was protect citizens and not to attack them at the slightest excuse. The Association he said strongly condemned the truant officers who attacked the lawyer who went to the police station to attend to a client who was being help by the police. The police, he said, were not only unprofessional but physically abused the lawyer “The attack was unwarranted and should not go unpunished.” He said. He added that every citizen […]
