{"id":43374,"date":"2026-08-21T11:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43374"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:09:25","slug":"zambian-police-summon-opposition-leader-for-questioning","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zambian-police-summon-opposition-leader-for-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambian police summon opposition leader for questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Zambian police have summoned for questioning opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who came \u200bsecond in last week&#8217;s election but alleges it \u200cwas rigged to hand President Hakainde Hichilema a second term.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hichilema, in power since 2021 in the \u200bmineral-rich Southern African nation, denies the election \u200bwas fraudulent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mundubile has said he will challenge the \u2060result in court.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a statement late \u200bon Thursday, police said they wanted to interview \u200bMundubile and his running mate Makebi Zulu as part of an investigation into an alleged plot that \u200bthreatens national security.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mundubile could not be reached \u200bfor comment but has said previously that police claims about \u200cthe \u2060plot are fabricated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The opposition presidential candidate went into hiding after a police raid shortly after the August 13 election in which leading \u200bopposition figures were \u200barrested and \u2060one, ex-minister Mutotwe Kafwaya, was shot dead in an exchange of \u200bgunfire.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Police said in their statement that \u200bMundubile \u2060and Zulu had sought refuge &#8220;under international law with a known international organisation,&#8221; without naming it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Call-out \u2060notices \u200bhave been served on \u200bMundubile and Zulu&#8217;s advocates, police added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43375,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-43374","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Zambian police have summoned for questioning opposition leader","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43376,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43374\/revisions\/43376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}