Senior Resident Magistrate Wanangwa Nyirenda has adjourned to next week, Tuesday on the state application to revoke bail for Social Media Activist Joshua Chisa Mbele alleging that he is flouting his bail conditions.
Defence Lawyer Gilbert Khonyongwa, argued that the affidavits with screenshots by the state are not admissible in the court of Law hence asking for dismissal of the application.
State Prosecutor Levison Mangani objected the argument claiming that they consolidated their evidence through Facebook posts of the accused that qualifies to violation of his bail conditions.
The state brought printed documents claiming they were extracted from Chisa Mbele’s Facebook page.
Mbele, a critic of the President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance government, was arrested in January for sharing a document on social media and was later granted bail.
As part of conditions for his release, Mbele was told not to express himself in a manner that would infringe other people’s rights.
Mbele still uses his Facebook account to criticize the Chakwera administration and condemn corruption and it appears his posts have not gone well with the police.
