PF lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says the ongoing Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) investigation against former president Edgar Lungu which has been extended to his bank accounts is a sign that the new dawn government doesn’t respect anyone. According to a leaked document, a Lusaka Magistrate authorised DEC officer, Emmanuel Khondowe, to inspect Lungu’s Atlas Mara bank account in August this year, as part of an ongoing investigation. In his affidavit in support of warrant to inspect bankers books, dated August 12, Khondowe said he had justifiable cause to believe that Lungu could be guilty of an offence of money laundering. “I have justifiable cause to believe that Edgar Chagwa Lungu NRC No. 216992/67/1(Name of suspects) could be guilty of (offences and...

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