JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE 110 ____________________________________________________________________ He said that the Society’s enabling statute should be reviewed urgently by Parliament to ensure that British and other imperialist donors do not compromise it. The arrests On the morning of Monday the 3 June 2002 about ten policemen, most of them in riot squad gear, searched the Law Society office and arrested Mr Wilbert Mapombere, the society’s secretary. Shortly after 2.00 pm plainclothes policemen from the Law and Order Section arrived at the law firm where Mr Moyo practises. Detective Inspector Dohwa announced that Mr Moyo was under arrest for an alleged contravention of the Public Order and Security Act. He produced a search warrant. Mr Moyo indicated to DI Dohwa that the search warrant was invalid because it was vague and non-specific. He also pointed out that the searching of his client files would be a violation of attorney and client privilege. The police nonetheless insisted on searching his office. They did not find anything of interest to them. They then took Mr Moyo to his residential home and carried out a search of these premises. They took away only one document, which was a paper that Mr Moyo had recently presented at a SADC Lawyers Association conference in Zambia. Mr Moyo was then taken to Harare Central Police Station. He was able to speak briefly to the lawyers who had come represent him. He could not tell them much as he had not yet been told about the particulars of the charge. The police then questioned him and showed him two letters, which formed the basis of the allegations against them. The first was on Law Society letterhead paper. It purported to be from Mr Mapombere (in that it bore a signature purporting to be his) and was addressed to the British High Commission, though not to any specific person there. It reads as follows: “RE: RULE OF LAW AND POINT OF ACTION Further to our communications, we suggest that from now onwards our communications should be in writing and by hand post straight to the receiver. We are grateful for the support you have given us in order to restore the rule of law in Zimbabwe. At the moment as a Law Society we are embarking on a vigorous campaign