FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s economic advisor Hibeene Mwiinga, his wife Mercy Musanje, and their son, Hakaantu have taken fresh plea, denying 72 corruption-related charges. Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has added Hichikay Farm Limited to the matter as the fourth accused. The accused took fresh plea after the Anti-Corruption Commission added six more counts to the initial 66 charges the trio was facing. The commission earlier arrested and charged Lungu’s former Special Assistant for Economics for possession of property valued at over K41 million and cash amounting to over US $238,900. The commission said there were a total of 54 properties that had been linked to Mwiinga, his wife and son that were reasonably suspected to have been acquired through...

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