FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s daughter, Chiyeso, has appealed against the decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court Division, to order the forfeiture of two of her properties to the State on grounds that they are tainted property. Chiyeso has, through her lawyers from Messrs. Malisa and Partners Legal Practitioners, appealed to the Court of Appeal and advanced nine grounds of appeal. In her memorandum of appeal, Chiyeso stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Court erred in law and in fact when it held that her properties could be deemed tainted based on mere doubt or suspicion without the State adducing evidence that the properties were tainted. “The above appellant (Chiyeso) being dissatisfied with the Judgment of...

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