By LUCY PHIRIThe STATE has objected to the application made by the defense counsel that Zachariah Muya, a Lusaka lawyer cannot testify in the matter in which Konkola Copper Mines, provisional liquidator, Milingo Lungu faces charges of fraud, because he has a relationship with the accused.In this matter, Lungu is accused of stealing K4.4 million, property of Konkola Copper Mine limited (KCM).It is alleged in count one that Lungu between May 22, 2019 and September 28, 2021 being a provisional liquidator stole K4.4 million, the property of Konkola Copper Mines Plc.In count two, allegations are that Lungu during the same period transferred K4.4 million knowing or having reasons to believe the same to be proceeds of crime.When the matter came up on Tuesday for continuation of trial before Magistrate Felix Kaoma, Clever Hameja the second witness, an accountant and money laundering officer at First Alliance Bank, narrated how he received summons and documents in relation […]
MILINGO LUNGU CASE: STATE OBJECTS TO APPLICATION TO EXCUSE WITNESS
