STATE House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka has described businessman Sedrick Kasanda’s threats that he will reveal State House personnel allegedly linked to the airport gold scandal as blackmail. On Wednesday, lawyers representing Kasanda, Makebi Zulu Advocates, wrote to the Attorney General over President Hakainde Hichilema’s recent briefing on the airport gold scandal, which they said was prejudicial to their client’s case. The lawyers also demanded the release of their client, failure to which they would commence proceedings for appropriate remedies, which action shall contain full disclosure of information. “…whereas attempts have been made to disregard the protected disclosure made by our client to named security personnel, the Drug Enforcement Commission, who only joined the investigations mid-way, have gone on...

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