Jongwe autopsy does not absolve regime - MDC
08 November 2002
Press Release
Police Autopsy Results Do Not Absolve Regime.
The results of the police autopsy announced yesterday do not in anyway change our position that the illegitimate Mugabe regime is directly responsible for the death of Learnmore Jongwe, the former Member of Parliament for Kuwadzana and Secretary for Information and Publicity for the Movement for Democratic Change.
Jongwe died in the custody of the state. He had been denied bail three times; the state alleged, among other reasons, that he had to be kept safe from committing suicide. It now emerges that the regime wanted to keep him 'safe' so as to ensure his death.
The fact that traces of chloroquine were found in his body raises two fundamental points. Firstly, Jongwe could have been forced to take chloroquine. Secondly, if he indeed took the chloroquine on his own accord, the regime and its partisan police force must explain under what circumstances Jongwe got access to excessive amounts of chloroquine while in state custody.
What is particularly shocking is the level of insensitivity of the police, who proceeded to announce the results of the autopsy without even having the decency to inform the Jongwe family. Like all Zimbabweans, Learnmore's mother, his lawyer and the rest of the Jongwe family found out about the results of the autopsy from the public media.
Such is the state of decay that the regime's police force has no sensitivity to the feelings of the citizens of Zimbabwe; it is only concerned about serving the interests of the dictator.
Police spokesperson Wayne Bvudzijena's continued insistence that the police will not consider the results of an autopsy carried out by an independent South African pathologist, suggests a level of nervousness about the revelations that could come out of that autopsy. It also suggests that the police knew, even before the result of their autopsy, how Jongwe died.
Paul Themba Nyathi,
MDC Secretary for Information and Publicity.
For Further Information, Please contact:
Paul Themba Nyathi,
Secretary for Information and Publicity
00263 91 291727
Nkanyiso Maqueda,
Director of Information
00263 91 248 570
BRUSSELS,
Grace Kwinjeh
0032 494 1 81 621
LONDON,
James Littleton
00 44 7771 501 401
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