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Original Post Date: 2010-11-29 Time: 22:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Caiphas Chimhete
Two Congolese student leaders in Harare were last week allegedly abducted by suspected State security agents, and grilled about their relationship with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) opposition leader Sapard Tshimanginda Kalala.
The students claim they were held for over 24 hours.
Kalala, a renowned academic who heads the National People’s Patriotic Party of the Congo will be challenging DRC President Joseph Kabila who has very close ties with President Robert Mugabe, in next year’s elections.
The president of the Congolese Student Union in Zimbabwe (CSUZ) Venant Kabeya Kabongo and his secretary general Boney-Mavoka Makanda said their problems started when they hosted a meeting that was addressed by Kalala some five months ago.
The two said they were now living in fear since the abduction.
“Soon after the meeting, we got information that the police were looking for us,” said Kabongo, who has since dropped from a private college where he was studying business administration and computer systems.
He added, “We went underground for a month hoping that they will just forget about it.”
But that was not to be.
The duo say on November 17 they were abducted by people they suspect to be state agents while in Avondale.
They were bundled into a waiting green sedan and the occupants claimed they were taking them to the police station to check if the students were in Zimbabwe legally.
Instead of being taken to the station, the students said they were led into a basement parking in the central business district where their abductors forced them into a tinted minibus.
Two more people joined them on board.
“We could not see outside but they drove for almost two hours before we were taken into a building where they took our passports, student identity cards and took fingerprints and pictures using a digital camera,” said Kabongo.
“At this building we were interviewed by two people whom we suspect were Congolese because they were speaking fluent French.”
During the interrogation, the students said, they were asked about the whereabouts of Kalala, his associates and financiers as well as how they came to be close to the opposition leader.
The two said they were kept at that building until the following day under close security watch but they only managed to text a message to one of their colleagues. They refused to eat the food they were being given.
“The following day they took us to the exact spot where they had picked us up and we now fear for our lives,” said Kabongo.
“They took our passports and IDs so we are afraid that officials from the immigration department will one day come and deport us and yet we are here legally.”
But before they were dropped they claim to have been warned, “If you continue to oppose President Kabila we will sort you out.”
Kabongo said they tried to report the matter at Harare Central Police Station on November 19 but they were told that there was no stationery.
They however managed to report the case at Avondale Police Station (RRB number 11, 0825844) last week.
The students said they could not go to the Congolese embassy in Harare as they suspected officials there were behind their abduction.
DRC Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mwampanga Mwana Nanga could not be reached for comment as he was said to be in his home country for a meeting.
Questions sent to the embassy had not been responded to by the time of going to print.
Police spokesperson Andrew Phiri said he was not aware of the case.
“I will have to check with Avondale police because that has not come to my attention,” Phiri said.
While in Zimbabwe in July Kalala, who also toured several countries in the region, said Kabila was failing to respect human rights in the vast African country.
Kalala, an international lawyer who has studied in the United States and Canada, said incessant wars among rebel groups and the army abuses against civilians had destroyed DRC’s potential economic and social growth.
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Original date published: 29 November 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201011291710.html?viewall=1