Police has arrested seven more miners at Collum Coal Mine in Southern province in connection with the killing of a Chinese supervisor at the mine during Saturday’s minimum wage riot.
This brings the number of workers arrested to nine after two were picked on Sunday. The Police is expected to charge the workers Monday afternoon and they will appear in a Choma magistrate court on Tuesday.
Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda rushed to the Mine on Sunday and he described the rioting and killing of a Chinese as inhuman and criminal. He has also apologised to the Chinese government.
Shamenda recently announced the signing into law of a Statutory Instrument that compels employers to pay more than one million Kwacha for general workers and over K500, 000 for domestic workers.
Shame upon our brethren who had the courage of killing the chinese just for something that was still awaited for. They were supposed to discuss the issue than reaching the extend of killing a man. I hope it is not a revange because of the last shooting. I wish some will be released because I think this was just an influence from those who were courageous enough to show their power and they thought they would not be seen or caught by the Police. May God forgive them for did not know what they were doing.
Hidden Objects
August 7, 2012 at 8:43 am