By John Chola - 02/09/09
A magistrate court in Lusaka has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Fred M’membe who is Editor in chief of Zambia's leading Post Newspapers.
The warrant of arrest against M’membe follows his failure to appear before the court this morning.
Two days ago a Magistrate summoned the entire editorial staff of the Post Newspaper and a Professor of Law based in United States to appear before him for contempt of court.
The Professor (Muna Ndulo) authored an article in the Post last week which the court deemed contemptuous.
However the court heard that M’membe could not appear before it because he has been on study leave for two to three months now pursuing his masters degree.
The Post Newspaper team was lead by acting editor-in-chief (Sam Mujuda).
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