
Chairperson for the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Zambia chapter Cornelius Mweetwa has said reports indicating the arrest of fugitive Attan Shansonga in Denmark sends a warning signal to leaders who plunder public funds and seek refuge in the Diaspora.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Qfm news, Mr. Mweetwa has since called on government to ensure that Mr. Shansonga is extradited to Zambia.
Mr. Mweetwa said people who squander public funds must not be tolerated and further urged law enforcement agencies to ensure that Mr. Shansonga faces the law.
He has also urged the international community to emulate the gesture exhibited by Denmark adding that it should be extended to individuals wanted by the law enforcement agencies in the country.
Mr. Shansonga who was arrested by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) ten years ago in connection with the money he is alleged to have received from the Zamtrop account in London and fled to the United Kingdom in 2004 is reported to have been arrested by the Danish security on Saturday.
QFM
Iwe ka mweetwa,bt why is yo party and hh sapotin corapt pipo here?
isnt shansonga a british citizen? Hope they dont send him to uk instead. It ll be interesting to see how gvt handles this one
Very TRUE!!! He is UK CITIZEN, Zambia has disowned him for his UK citizenship!!!! YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR CAKE & EAT IT!!!!!!! So let the guy go free, HE IS NON ZAMBIAN!!!!! LOL!!!!!!
You can run and run but…
But I thought UPND support corrupt people, has it changed its stance???
Danes are the nicest people of earth. They will not extradite anyone.
95% of the danes are just as narrow minded and racist as most white pigs.. there is no such thing as nicest mzungus
Danes are what??? You certainly don’t know what you are on about…
Ba Nubian princess…so they wont extradite him eh, then what reason did they arrest him for?
The Danes the Dutch, Hollanders, Netherlanders all of them are what we used to call Ma Bunu. They formulated Apartheid. They know racism to the bone. Only people who can define a “colored” person…. basopo.
@Nubian Princess,
Your thinking is twisted. If Danes are nice then they will extradite this thief. If they indeed care about the plite of the masses in Zambia, they will do the right thing and bring this ***** to justice. The bigger question is does Sata have the balls to take this issue on?? I doubt it!!
#4 my dearest one, you must be kidding kaa. Danish could be the 2nd unforgiving people after Zambians, remember they drew cartoons of some other people’s messiah, and the fires are still burning in middle-east? How can Nicest people arrest an innocent man?
UPND officials amaze me. why state the obvious. The reason why the security forces put his name forward was because they want him back in Zambia to face the law.
These UPND chaps are jokers. Can You take one stance istead of sitting on the fence
Why do you think the 2004 arrest warrant was still in effect if govt was not interested in having Shansongo answer to the Zambian people over his crimes?
You don’t need to make any appeals to govt. for extradition of Shansongo to Zambia. Even a grade two with no knowledge of civics knows it the next step after an arrest.
If govt. was not interested it would have withdrawn the international arrest warrant.
You just had to be seen to say something, sometimes just watch and let govt work…ubukopo bwachila
It’s claer that PF (aka CNP) supporters are the dulliest and most boring bloggers. Can’t you follow the story that Mweetwa is speaking in his capacity as Chairperson for the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Zambia chapter and not as a UPND MP?
He is UK CITIZEN, Zambia has disowned him for his UK citizenship!!!! YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR CAKE & EAT IT!!!!!!! So let the guy go free, HE IS NON ZAMBIAN!!!!! LOL!!!!!!
So all those against DUAL CITIZENSHIP SHOULD KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT!!!!!!!
Hopefully this case will NOW MAKE SENSE FOR THOSE AGAINST DUAL NATIONALITY – for if Shanshonga’s legal team are sharp, WILL ARGUE THAT THE COUNTRY THAT SET OUT THIS ARREST WARRANT, CAN’T REALLY EXTRADITE HIM AS THE CRIMES WERE PURPORTEDLY MADE IN THE UK – SO VERY DIFFICULT TO EXTRADITE A FOREIGNER TO YOUR COUNTRY WHEN THE CRIME WASN’T COMMITTED THERE – UK CONSENT WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO BE OBTAINED!!!!
Some popcorns please & a very cool & sweaty “Duvel”!!! Let the circus begin!!!
upnd, there you go again…making a name out of a none issue. Its noise,noise, noise all the time from boko haram terrorist group (upnd)
One of those tedious matters I have no clue about. The racism on display is a matter for the moderator. A point of note for illegal dual citizenship holders…
British nationals who are naturalised or registered may have their certificates revoked (and hence lose British nationality) if British nationality was obtained by fraud or concealment of a material fact.
umulandu taubola
# 9 maybe the want to send him on vacation in Hawaii the seem to have avery strange sense of judgement when it comes to corruption.
This ka ***** mweetwa. Just dancing to Mumembe’s tricks. This is just a way of diverting attention from the corrupt chiimbiw regime. Hope our leader HH will put record straight that PF should create employment. What mumembe is tryingn to do is continue fighting innocent people who refused to lick his dirt back during the cabbage period
You guys harping about his so-called UK citizenship are astounding!!! So is Julian Assange Swedish? Are you implying if you are in a foreign land you can commit a crime and simply flee and get away with it? Interesting mindsets here…
He has, swedish parentage, I believe!!
He is Aussie, unfortunately, his country will happily hand him over to US, hence reason he has been in Europe & of no fixed abode, except when he was bailed!
Crime was supposedly committed in UK, Shanshonga has NOT BEEN CONVICTED IN UK, SO WHAT IS THE BASIS OF ARREST WARRANT & POSSIBLE EXTRADITION TO Zambia????
He has always been in UK, ASK YOURSELF WHY THE UK HAS’T BOTHERED TO HAND HIM OVER?????? YOU HAVE TO SHOW REASONABLE CAUSE for them to consider extradition of their citizens!!!
Dull and lack of exposure, UPND is a useless mono tribal party
UP n Down, why not assist government to track down the fugitive millionaire’s son, RB, who is just next door?
RB’s son uses aliases (fake names and passports) and chartered private jets. The fello has joined a millionaire’s club, who will touch him?
Please UPND grow up guys, yesterday you were supporting the corrupt Henry RB but today you want Govent to arrest shansonga.???? What an insipid hypocricy by UPND. Thats why we say HH and UPND are time wasters without a workable strategy.
#12+13 Kamwendo. Thief Shansonga is not British. If and when one acquires British citizenship if found with a criminal offence or concealed that material fact, the British citizenship is revoked immediately. However, even if non of the above is applicable, Britain is in the forefront to bring to book all individuals who plundered and stole from their countries and British justice system provides for those individuals to be prosecuted. Hence, judgement against late Chiluba with his suits tried in a British court invoving a British national who tailored those suits and shed tears in the dock after judgement. Thief Shansonga will eventually be in Chimbokaila.
“Dream on”, my friend!
Nothing will happen to Attan; he’s the brother to StanChart CEO and now PF cadre (Mizinga Melu). Moreover, late Levy allowed Attan to escape in exchange for incriminating information against FJT so it’s a non-starter! Let sleeping dogs lie.
Now get Banda. Forget about Amsterdam who is just caught smoke not knowing exact the amount of fire underneath. Amsterdam was not there, he did not know when and exactly what happened but just defending a thief, probably for the sake of it, the monetary gain!
You really have to search to try and locate at what point you need to insult somebody. Mweetwa has made his comment in view of his position. And there is completely nothing wrong with that. Except it can happen that today Shansonga can be arrested and the other day he dissapears. Hence the real concern by the Parliamentarlian. Let us be objective ladies and gentlemen, for the good of our nation. Thanks!
Bring the Thief back HOME in Chimbokaila. But why is Xaviour Chungu OUT and a free man who was even appointed by Sata to be PS Luapula Province, a move only reversed due to pressure exerted on Ukwa?
This is wonderful news for Zambia…!!
Shansonga’s case is going nowhere, reason being where are the Chungu’s, and all those involved. it is just a waste of money.
why was he arrested in the first place by swedish police. he probably will serve for whatever crime then will be extradited to the UK. since he is no longer a zambian citzen, it looks unlikely for Zambia to get him back. I wonder why Zambians get excited about stuff they barely understand. look at the Zambia Sudan issue? Chaps were celebrating already without understanding the nitty gritty of the whole thing. FIFA has already made a decision just FAZ is so embarrased to communicate to the masses
The reason Henry Banda has not been arrested in RSA is because our police have not filed any charges against him. No one should deprive any citizen the right of movement unless the individual is charged with an offence. Do not waste your breath, just ask your police service to file a credible charge against Henry. As to the Post propaganda against Rupiah, tell Mmembe to report Banda’s crimes to the police and Parliament will lift his immunity. But Mmembe has only continued with propaganda which many dull people continue to swallow up to this day, but will say nothing about the clear case of K14billion. Please tell Sata to recover this money from Mmembe and stop chasing the wind regarding Henry.
Honest speaking i fall to find sense on our oppositin parties in zambia…UPND, MMD few months ago were aganist govt move to have RB son back to zambia from SA to face the law, today the same opposition are in front asking govt to bring back shansonga….what nosense is this pipo
Well one just has to read the DANISH AMBASSADOR’S RESPONSE in the POST – He rightly questions WHY THIS GUY HAS NOT BEEN EXTRADITED BY THE UK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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