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Zim cops ignore court order
19/09/2003 18:45 - (SA)
Harare - Zimbabwe's embattled independent daily, the Daily News, on Friday filed contempt of court charges against police after they refused to allow staff to re-enter their offices, defying a High Court order, a company official told AFP.
Police on Friday barred staff members at the Daily News from returning to their offices despite a High Court ruling the day before allowing the paper to reopen.
The Daily News, a fierce critic of President Robert Mugabe, was shut down a week ago for operating illegally.
"We filed our papers before lunch. We're waiting for the registrar to set the matter down for hearing," said Gugulethu Moyo, the paper's legal adviser.
Police shut down the Daily News after the country's top court, the Supreme Court, ruled last week that the paper was operating illegally as it was not registered with a government media commission.
The paper subsequently applied to register with the commission, and on Thursday the High Court ruled that the paper should be reopened until its application had been dealt with.
- AFP
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