GIVEN Lubinda received US$180,000 into his Barclays Bank Account around January, 2019 from Chinese traders connected to Mukula smuggling, and used the same money to purchase property in Forest Reserve Number 27, News Diggers and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have submitted to the Lusaka High Court. The two news organisations have also submitted that they will show at trial that former Lands Minister Jean Kapata authorised the smuggling of Mukula for a Chinese Company called ZHELI WOOD, and even guided on which route the trucks ferrying the logs should use to export. Further News Diggers and the EIA have submitted that it will be shown that former president Edgar Lungu’s daughter Tasila amassed wealth from Mukula smuggling which she...

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