THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a Chinese national to three years imprisonment with hard labour for theft by servant involving over K1 million. Ruan Chenglan, a manager at MAXI BEEF was facing one count of Theft by Servant. Particulars of the offence were that Chenglan between January 1, 2022, and February 3, 2023, in Lusaka, being a person employed by MAX BEEF company as a manager, did steal K1,008,457.00 cash, the property of the said employer. Magistrate Judith Chiyayika found Chenglan guilty upon his own admission. In his mitigation, Chenglan lamented that he cannot manage to stay in Chimbokaila as there were no beds in the said correctional facility. “My family is in China, I cannot manage to stay...