Group aligned with ruling UPND urges govt to initiate forensic probe on looted public resources

The Movement for National Transformation (MNT) is calling on the government to urgently institute forensic investigations of all looted state resources by the former ruling Patriotic Front (PF) regime.

MNT, a United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance partner party president, Daniel Shimunza, made the call on Sunday in a statement issued in Lusaka.

Shimunza said this urgent call, comes in the wake of revelations in the media, and Court Reports of hidden assets, money , and properties, in the ‘proxies’ of the Former President and First Lady, Former Ministers, and other Former government Officials.

He said if graft will end in Zambia, the government, must urgently constitute a Task -Force, to recover all stolen; money, properties , and off- shore assets, by soliciting serious investigative forensic expertise.

“Criminal elements, are sophisticated at hidding proceeds of crimes, and therefore, treating graft, softly, will not work.This is a fight by all Citizens, to end corruption in Public interests; past, present, and future, respectively,” Shimunza said.

He said Zambians, have been eagerly waiting, for closure in the fight against graft, to recover stolen State Assets, that seem slowly slipping away, and Criminals are now arrogantly, beginning to utilise their proceeds.

Shimunza said the Criminal mind hides, and Investigative wings, must do their work, before the due process of prosecution, in our Criminal Justice System.

He said crime, is a public wrong, against Citizens and to win the fight on graft, the power of the People, must be solicited in investigating and prosecuting the same.

“Time, is now to recover all stolen money, assets, and properties, through secret proxies, urgently, which may be; law firms, individuals, Off- shore accounts, companies, and others,” Shimunza said.

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