34 anti-govt vapostori fined US$18 each

THIRTY-FOUR Apostolic sect congregants who were on trial facing charges of staging an anti-government protest over the country’s political and economic crises were yesterday fined $12 000 (about US$18) each after clocking more than five months in remand prison for singing anti-government songs.

The 34 congregants were led by opposition Zimbabwe Transformative Party (ZTP) leader Kanyenzura Parere (52), a bishop of Mirirai Jehovha Apostolic Church. They were charged with criminal nuisance as defined in section 46 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

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