GOVERNMENT has condemned the attack on PASME FM Radio by “some people” in Petauke district, saying it expects the law to take its course against the perpetrators. On Friday last week, Petauke journalist, Lovemore Phiri was beaten by suspected UPND cadres during a breakfast show where callers were calling in on a topic of fertilizer distribution. And in a statement, Monday, Information and Media Minster Chushi Kasanda said an attack on the media was an attack on the people and the country’s democracy. “Government condemns in the strongest terms the attack on PASME FM Radio by some people in Petauke last week. The New Dawn Government takes strong exception to violence against the media in the discharge of their duties....

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