Zimbabwe election officials arrested for 'undercounting Mugabe'

[Mugu]

Alexi Mostrous and agencies, Times Online

Seven election officials were arrested by Zimbabwean police yesterday for allegedly undercounting votes cast for President Robert Mugabe in the March 29 presidential elections.

The officials, who were working for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in four provinces, will be charged with fraud.

“We’re still investigating, but we have established that there was deflation of figures in respect of the Zanu (PF) presidential candidate, Robert Mugabe,” Wayne Bvudzijena, a police spokesman, said.

Zimbabwe's High Court is due to rule today on an opposition petition demanding the immediate release of the presidential election results, which have yet to be published, 10 days after the polls closed. However, no decision had been issued by lunchtime.



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