THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has adjourned the case of former intelligence chief director Xavier Chungu to July 8, 2026, due to unavailable committal papers from the Director of Public Prosecution Gilbert Phiri. In this matter, Chungu is charged with the offences of communication of certain information, seditious practices and publication or disclosure of information to an unauthorized person. When the matter came up for mention, Friday, before Chief Resident Magistrate Chabala, the state informed the court that instructions from the DPP to commit the matter to the High Court were not ready. “The matter was coming up for mention however instructions from the DPP to commit the matter to the High Court are not ready may the matter come up...




