By GRACE CHAILE“I BOUGHT the State Lodge property which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) wants forfeited to the State using the K3 million my parents gave me,” former President Edgar Lungu’s daughter, Chiyeso Lungu, has submitted to Court.Ms Chiyeso has contended she owns the properties and do not form proceeds of crime as they were lawfully bought with legal and traceable sources of income.“It is not a crime for responsible parents to support their children in the manner my parents have consistently done. I had no and still have no reasonable basis to suspect or doubt my parents’ capacity to raise K3 million, which they availed me for purchasing the first property. The present matter falls within the category of malicious prosecution or abuse of court process,” Chiyeso submitted.In this matter, the DPP alleged that according to investigations by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), Ms Chiyeso, a lawyer, owned two farms with a high-cost […]
I bought State Lodge property using money from parents, ECL’s daughter tells court
