WIRE — Former Zambia Security Intelligence Service Director General Xavier Chungu has been denied bail pending trial by Chief Resident Magistrate Thandose Chabala after the Director of Public Prosecutions issued a certificate objecting to his release. Magistrate Chabala ruled that the law leaves the court with no discretion to grant bail once such a certificate is issued
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