In a surprising twist, the Officer in Charge at Milton Park Police Station has told Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition’s (CiZC) lawyers that plain clothed police officers who visited CiZC offices yesterday, January 3 2019, were only making a ‘courtesy call.’

The Officer in Charge had initially expressed ignorance over the matter following inquiries by lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).

He later called in to say that he had been alerted of the visit by his subordinates and that it was a ‘courtesy call’.