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4:56 CAT | 26 May 2017
Reuters (File photo)/ United Party for National Development (UPND) Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema looks on during a rally in Lusaka January 18, 2015.
A Zambian court on Friday allowed opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema to challenge the prosecution from moving his treason case to the high court for trail, in a case that has stoked political tension months after contested elections.
The United Party for National Development (UPND) leader was arrested in a police raid on his home in April and charged with trying to overthrow the government. Hichilema’s lawyers however said the case should not proceed to the High Court.
But Magistrate David Simusamba told a packed hearing his court that Hichilema’s lawyers could seek a judicial review of the charges, before the case is handed over to the High Court for trial.
Source: Reuters
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