{"id":443344,"date":"2011-06-17T17:59:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T17:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/victims-of-cio-agent-granted-uk-asylum-urged-to-come-forward\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T17:59:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T17:59:37","slug":"victims-of-cio-agent-granted-uk-asylum-urged-to-come-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/victims-of-cio-agent-granted-uk-asylum-urged-to-come-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of CIO Agent Granted UK Asylum, Urged to Come Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SW Radio Africa<\/a> (London)<\/p>\n

Alex Bell<\/p>\n

17 June 2011<\/p>\n

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Victims of a self-confessed ZANU PF henchman, who has controversially been granted asylum in the UK, are being urged to come forward with any evidence of his alleged crimes, so that he can face trial for torture.<\/p>\n

More information is still being uncovered about Phillip Machemedze, said to be either a former CIO agent or police officer under Mugabe’s regime. Machemedze made headlines earlier this year when it was revealed that during his UK asylum appeal he admitted shocking acts of torture and brutality on suspected MDC members in Zimbabwe. An immigration judge has since granted him asylum, saying he faces real danger if he is deported back to Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

A British paper has now revealed that Machemedze was still on the CIO’s pay roll until recently, despite his insistences that he came to the UK 11 years ago to escape working for the notorious agency. According to the UK’s Daily Mail, “Far from repenting and turning his back on his brutal secret work for Mugabe he has, in fact, remained in the employment of Zimbabwe’s security services since entering Britain on a six-month tourist visa in 2000.”<\/p>\n

Intelligence records seen by the Daily Mail show that Machemedze has been paid thousands of pounds by the CIO to identify the regime’s enemies living among the Zimbabwean community in Britain. He reportedly has also been receiving an addition \u00c2\u00a3300 per month for school fees for his two children in Zimbabwe, all paid by the CIO.<\/p>\n

The paper also reported that one senior member of Mugabe’s security forces alleged this week that Machemedze had been on the official CIO payroll until just a few weeks ago. Apparently the payments only stopped when his handlers in Zimbabwe discovered that he had revealed details of their operations during his asylum hearings. The Mail was also shown documents, including birth certificates and secret internal communiqu\u00e9s about Machemedze, which show that he was still working for the CIO until April.<\/p>\n

Calls for Machemedze’s arrest and deportation have continued ever since the story broke, with the MDC’s UK branch insisting he must be deported. Meanwhile, a UK politician has also called for the Home Office to arrest him Machemedze, calling him a “dangerous man,” that poses a risk “to both Zimbabweans in the UK in particular and to the British public in general.”<\/p>\n

Sarah Harland from the UK based Zimbabwe Association meanwhile said that rampant calls for Machemedze’s arrest will mean nothing until there is real evidence that can be used to charge him.<\/p>\n

“I am very uneasy about any sort of witch-hunt for any person. The process of the law must be followed,” Harland said.<\/p>\n

She said that any victims of Machemedze’s or anyone else with information should come forward if they want him to face trial for his crimes.<\/p>\n

Some doubts have been cast about Machemedze’s shock confessions, and some observers have questioned whether he intentionally over-dramatised his behaviour in order to remain in the UK. Evidence, therefore, would be critical to prove this too.<\/p>\n

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