The youth leader of Zambia's ruling party has threatened to "gang rape" a female politician unless she stops criticising President Rupiah Banda's leadership ahead of next year's elections.
The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) youth chairman Chris Chalwe on Tuesday, singled out Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi for attacking Banda's leadership.
"We are going to gang rape Nawakwi if she continues attacking the president," said Chalwe.
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Nawakwi supported Banda's candidacy in the 2008 elections but has lately criticised his leadership as a "total failure."
"The president was elected by the people of Zambia and deserves respect from all citizens and whoever insults him, we will make sure we gang rape that person," Chalwe told a crowd of people who had defected from opposition parties to join the MMD.
The youth leader currently faces charges of assault for beating journalists covering Banda's return from a visit to Uganda on July 29 last year.
