Former Labour Minister Austin Liato has been discharged from prison on compassionate grounds.
Mr Liato has been admitted to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka since August 17 for reasons medical authorities refused to disclose.
Zambia Prisons Commissioner General Percy Chato, who delivered the news of the release, told Mr LIATO that he is now a free man.
Mr Chato said Mr Liato’s discharge is in accordance with the Prisons Act and he is among 22 inmates released under similar conditions.
He said the Act allows the discharge of inmates with life threatening conditions to be released so they can access medical treatment which prison authorities were unable to provide.
And Mr Liato told ZNBC from his hospital bed that he is humbled by the gesture.
He thanked President Edgar Lungu for the compassion shown to him.
Mr Liato was due to finish his prison term in October next year.
The Supreme Court in June upheld the two-year jail sentence with hard labour imposed on Liato by the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court for possession of 2.1 million Kwacha reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.
UN FAIRNESS AT ITS BEST .
A major prophety said it ….amazing i thot bufi
All animals are equal bt others are more equal than others.The animal farm.
politicians r jx da same
this z bulshit bafikala otherz r suffering fake medical report
Pipo its God who released him according to da prophecy of major 1 iyeeee, yo wish is nt God’s wish let God’s will prevail.
yaaaaaaaabaaaaaaa pa ZED awe kwena mayo
nyc mov
the prophecy bushiri prophecied has cum to pass glory to God
The problem is that you steal small things you Zambians that’s why balamikakisha imyaka iingi. Steal in Bulk and the government will be surprised keep in you in cell for just 2day in surprise and Release you
now it good that is out coz he doesnt belong there that guy is mad ,coz even a young boy cant think of doing what the guy did and tgat shiws that he needs to be taken to NDOLA ….you know what i mean….dah ma Babylonians
y should how brothers and sisters keep on begging in street wen pipo like that guy are stealing there money and y should how government realise pipo like this man ……now I see no cense in keep most of the pipo in jail just becoz of one ball of marijuana (dobol) .yyyyyyyyyyy
What a gorvement
Our laws are usele7,we av over powered our presidents as a result the justice department has no say,ni yes bwana chabe
yaba…ma foul yeka yeka…I need to be popular before being jailed, maybe I can be pardoned for singing or being sick
can the president just pardon all the inmates clean the prisons and start fresh arrests.
kkkkkkkkk nice one
Mmmmmmmmmmm sure?
If this spirit contnues zambia one day will rise against all evils of this world.
The government is so unfair. innocent pipo are in prison 4 more than 5yrs jxt becoz they are poor no one is there to speak’s 4 them. So unfair.
did he pick the soap in jail? just thinking coz ayondako mwe
discharged ? after noticing the poor on-going health…!!!
Waa… good to hear, a good friend indeed…
Hope the so called educated wont say its political
ok.very stupd
That’s very good.we cry also for others in the same or worse situations but have no access to being noticed by powers that be
Am told he has BP(Being Pardoned)
HTN pending stroke
In Edgar’s rule prison z 4 poor pipo only bt he doesn’t knw dat we are nt dull Zambians.
don’t forget his praise worshiper eg kanene
3 months in jail and he’s out…ok
prophet bushiri told us on 15/08/15major one
ok jx wait n c wt z gonna do 4 pf during next yearz electionz
Who is next ……..that’s my zed
So this is what Zambia has become? A nation of the thieves by the criminals and for the crooked.How many other Zambians r languishing in our prisons with even more life threatening conditions?How special is Fat Albert?So all it takes is to be in gud buks politically and u r safe from the Law?Meanwhile umwana wa nchushi kulya amafi muchifungo.This is so unjust.Even this Medical excuse is fake.But zoona eh……………
Prisons! A place truly for the underprivileged and the poor
I knew
As prophesied by Major 1
Major one prophesied abt that?
Yes Kuzanga Delford Muzevuka when he visited the his church in Roma the other weekend
Oohh wooww thats so nice huuhh.. will visit major 1 soon too. Lol
Let him in sothat he gymnstics inside and burn intoxicated material frm his body,he looks like an EBOLA pantient in serra leone.check his origin guys.
Welcome to Zambia.
Mr money
Thank you for releasing him.
Yup let the negroid out he aint the only that’s sinful!
Lazo
Let him be free because the prison in Zambia is for the poor only.