{"id":30285,"date":"2022-12-02T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/chimoio-public-prosecutor-clarifies-charges-concerning-satirical-video"},"modified":"2022-12-02T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:32:17","slug":"chimoio-public-prosecutor-clarifies-charges-concerning-satirical-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/chimoio-public-prosecutor-clarifies-charges-concerning-satirical-video","title":{"rendered":"Chimoio Public Prosecutor clarifies charges concerning satirical video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>District Public Prosecutor in Chimoio, central Mozambique, clarified on Wednesday in a statement that there is only one defendant, accused of \u201cexposing to danger\u201d the children starring in a video which satirises Mozambique\u2019s traffic police.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt no point in the indictment was a charge of slander and defamation against the Mozambican state lodged\u201d, reads a statement from the Chimoio District Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, adding, \u201cthe content of the video was never a concern for the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office\u201d.<\/p>\n

The statement comes in response to a note from the National Union of Journalists (SNJ), which on Tuesday, along with a chorus of criticism on social networks, called the case \u201cabsurd\u201d and an attack on \u201cartistic creativity\u201d.<\/p>\n

SNJ representative Nelson Benjamin stressed that it was the Pprosecutor herself, when presenting the case in court, who pointed to \u201cdefamation\u201d as one of the \u201cmisdemeanours to be addressed\u201d, because of the \u201cuse of pejorative expressions in relation to members of the police\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s statement however clarifies that this is not now an issue.<\/p>\n

The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office states that the young man who filmed the video was constituted as a defendant on possible evidence of the crime of \u201cexposure to danger\u201d, when \u201ca minor appeared [to drive] at the wheel of the car on the scene\u201d.<\/p>\n

Journalist Raquel Jorge, grandmother of one of the children, was heard as a declarant, it stated.<\/p>\n

Two hours into its session on Tuesday, the Judicial Court of the City of Chimoio interrupted work to arrange for the projection of the video in the courtroom and find an expert to verify the exact nature of the children\u2019s actions in the scene.<\/p>\n

The case will resume on December 27.<\/p>\n

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