PF faction Chairperson for Information and Publicity Emmanuel Mwamba has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that contrary to the allegations against him before court, he was brutalised and assaulted by police officers on June 14, 2023. Mwamba has told the court that he sustained a broken tooth, swollen right thumb, bruises and a painful neck as a result of the assault. This is in a matter in which Mwamba is facing one count of assault on a cop. It is alleged that Mwamba, on June 14, 2023 in Lusaka, assaulted number 14598 Detective Inspector Simwenda Steven, an officer of the Zambia Police Service in the due execution of his duty. When the matter came up for commencement of defence before...

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