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Outrage after Zimbabwe court slaps Chinese drug users with ‘light sentences’

Policemen stand guard outside the courthouse, in Harare on August 22, 2018.


Photo credit: Photo | AFP
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By  Kitsepile Nyathi

Contributor

Nation Media Group

Lighter sentences handed down to nine Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe for using drugs is eliciting uproar, fuelled by accusations of bias.

Each of the nine was slapped with a $150 fine after police caught them abusing hard drugs at a house in Harare.

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