THE Constitutional Court has halted criminal proceedings before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court involving former KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu, pending the hearing of a petition in which he is challenging his re-arrest after being granted immunity from prosecution. Constitutional Court Judge Martin Musaluke has ordered that no party, interested individual or entity is to take action in the criminal proceedings currently before the Magistrates’ Court involving Lungu until the ConCourt determines the petition on constitutional issues raised before it. Director of Public Prosecutions Lillian Siyunyi had entered a nolle prsequi in a case in which Lungu was charged with theft and money laundering involving K4.4 million before Lusaka magistrate Felix Kaoma, and theft and money laundering involving K17.25 million before...

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