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GAME Stores manager pleads not guilty to sexual abuse charges

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Games Stores Manager Vincent Palan
Games Stores Manager Vincent Palan

GAME stores manager, Maduramuthoo Mare Palan has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing his former female employee.

Palan, 46, of house number 8 Mass Media in Lusaka told principal magistrate, Aridah Chuulu when he appeared before her yesterday that he understood the offences slapped against him but he was not guilty.

He is defended by three lawyers from Eric Silwamba, Jalasi and Lubinda Legal practitioners.

Palan, a South African is facing two counts of indecent assault and sexual abuse contrary to Zambian laws.

It is alleged in the first count that Palan between June 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014 in Lusaka unlawfully and indecently assaulted Mukamuluti Mwila.

Palan is in the second count accused to have between June 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014 in Lusaka, being the Stores Manager at Game Stores, Manda Hill did practice sexual harassment namely seductive sexual advances being unsolicited sexual comments, physical contact which caused discomfort against Mukamuluti Mwila, a worker at Games Stores Manda Hill.

When the matter was called up for allocation, Ms Chuulu allocated it to herself and after reading the particulars of the offences, Palan told the court that he was not guilty.

Ms Chuulu entered pleas of not guilty in both counts and set September 5, 2014 as a date for commencement of trial.

The State would call about 14 witnesses to support Ms Mwila’s evidence against Palan.

Palan was arrested a two weeks night ago after Ms Mwila broke out her silence by reporting the matter to the media and Police.

7 COMMENTS

    • Needs to jailed for not less than 5 years and then deported. Thinks our women are toys.

      He can toy around with those from where he came not here.

    • White South Africans generally have a stincking attitude towards black Africans and view them as inferior, free for the taking as and when I want.
      If this guy wasnt of Asian background I would have been saying he belongs to “white elitist” group but I think this one is just a “sick mind” (If he is guilty) that preys on vulnerable women. In fact he is a sick mind if more than one female member of staff has complained about him and nevermind being found guilty.

  1. I just hope Game stores won’t intimidate the witnesses if they are employees of the shop or buy them off! In Zambia it’s money that talks there is nothing like real justice. The people with money and power always get away with wrong doings. I have little faith in our judicial system.

  2. Very tough to prove such allegations, even on the balance of probabilities, given the need to protect the accused also, from complaints resulting from disgrantlements. How do you prove such historical events where there was not even actual ‘do’; at least there would have been pregnancy, soiled pants, etc, to show had there been actual ‘do’. And given the lapse of time – KAYA!

  3. Too much lies in Zambia He may even be innocent, just because you want to get rid of him and replace him with an incompetent Zambian. The man has being firm in the operations of Game in Zed and now *****s want to open up utopunda to steal

    • I have to agree with you. And I warn foreigners and expatriates that be careful. Some Zambians especially Bembas are very proficient in making fake allegations just to fix people. They do it expertly as in the case of Rufunsa and Livingstone killings. Bauleni, Nkombo et al were incacerated on falsehood. Palan, be strong in the Lord. God will deliver you from the lies of that Bemba woman and her accomplicies.

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