{"id":7315,"date":"2020-04-19T18:17:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T18:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2020-04-19T18:17:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T18:17:05","slug":"rc-wants-defiant-foreigner-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/rc-wants-defiant-foreigner-arrested","title":{"rendered":"RC WANTS DEFIANT FOREIGNER ARRESTED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> THE Katavi Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Juma Homera, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the Police Force\u00a0 in the region\u00a0 48 hours\u00a0 to take to court\u00a0 a\u00a0 Chinese national and petty trader, Lin Guosong (34),\u00a0 for allegedly defying to observe\u00a0 precautionary measures against the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Lin resides at Majengo area in Sumbawanga municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The RC also\u00a0 ordered the alien to surrender his passport to the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the RC, the Chinese national\u00a0\u00a0 was arrested shortly after refusing to wash his hands and apply sanitizer before leaving a check point at Kasansa Village in Mlele District.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After being apprehended by police officers, he was detained for interrogation at Inyonga Police Station; I am hereby directing\u00a0 the police to arraign for prosecution\u2026I have given 48 hours for execution of my order,&#8221; directed the RC.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Homera issued the directives during a press briefing he held shortly after receiving medical equipments valued over 25 m\/- donated by\u00a0Walter Reed (HJFMRI).<\/p>\n<p>Manager of Walter Reed (HJMRI), Dr Shaban\u00a0Ndama, handed the donated equipments to the RC in a move to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic<\/p>\n<p>In another development, the RC warned the former Burundian nationals who had\u00a0 become Tanzanian citizens to refrain from hosting their relatives who are allegedly entering into the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Katavi Regional Medical Officer (RMO), Dr Omari Sukari, said that although no Covid-19 patient had been recorded in the region, four Congolese\u00a0 nationals had been kept in a compulsory\u00a0 14 day quarantine in an\u00a0 isolation center.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a move to contain the spread of the pandemic,\u00a0 the Mpanda District Commissioner, (DC) Ms Lilian Matinga, has declared that only five family members are allowed to attend the burial\u00a0of specific individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The same number applies to weddings, baptismal and confirmations celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only a few mourners, mostly family\u00a0 members, are allowed to sleep in a particular house and feeding big numbers of people is forbidden,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>She also forbade parents to assign their children to hawk\u00a0 various items in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have already instructed patrol\u00a0 police officers to arrest parents and guardians whose children are conducting petty traders along streets,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE Katavi Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Juma Homera, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the Police Force\u00a0 in the region\u00a0 48 hours\u00a0 to take to court\u00a0 a\u00a0 Chinese national and petty trader, Lin Guosong (34),\u00a0 for allegedly defying to observe\u00a0 precautionary measures against the spread of Covid-19. 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