A property reportedly owned by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace is photographed in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, on February 16, 2009. A local photographer said on February 15 that he and another journalist were allegedly attacked outside the residence as they investigated a report by Britain's Sunday Times about Mugabe's possible ownership of the luxury property. The Sunday Times reported recently Mugabe and his wife Grace have secretly bought the 5.8-million-USD property in the city's Tai Po district, which the report said was the first in Asia to be identified as the Mugabes'. The report also claimed the Mugabes have stashed away millions of dollars in Asian bank accounts, although nearly half the population of Zimbabwe is dependent on food aid while a cholera epidemic has claimed more than 2,700 lives.
The front entrance to JC Castle, which contains a property reportedly owned by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace is photographed in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, on February 16, 2009.
Police officers sit outside Mutare Magistrates courts were Roy Bennet, treasurer of the main opposition party and ministerial nominee was meant to appear in court Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, Mutare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean police no longer plan treason charges against a longtime opposition politician appointed to the unity government, the lawmaker's party said Sunday. The Movement for Democratic Change party reported earlier that police said Roy Bennett, the party's nominee to be deputy agriculture minister, would be accused of treason, which carries the death penalty. The party said police revised that Sunday, saying Bennett faces a weapons charge instead.
A resident (C) talks on a phone inside the entrance of a property reportedly owned by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, on February 16, 2009.
Armed Police officers patrol the streets of Mutare, Zimbabwe, near the courts were Roy Bennet, treasurer of the main opposition party and ministerial nominee was meant to appear in court Monday, Feb. 16, 2009.
Liezel Huber of the U.S. (L) and Cara Black (R) of Zimbabwe hold their trophies after defeating Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic and Lisa Raymond of the U.S. during their doubles finals match of the Paris Open tennis tournament in Paris February 15, 2009.
The three-storey villa (C) inside JC Castle bought by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe through a middleman is seen from a hill opposite the development at Tai Po district in northern Hong Kong February 16, 2009. JC Castle, the upmarket development, is owned by Albert Yeung's Emperor Group and named after action star Jackie Chan. Mugabe has bought the villa worth around $5 million.
A three-storey villa (C) inside JC Castle bought by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe through a middleman is seen from a hill opposite the development at Tai Po district in northern Hong Kong February 16, 2009.
The three-storey villa inside JC Castle bought by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe through a middleman is seen from a hill opposite the development at Tai Po district in northern Hong Kong February 16, 2009. JC Castle, the upmarket development, is owned by Albert Yeung's Emperor Group and named after action star Jackie Chan. Mugabe has bought the villa worth around $5 million, the Sunday Times newspaper reported, as his country suffers from near total economic collapse.
A security guard stands at the entrance to JC Castle, an upmarket development owned by Albert Yeung's Emperor Group and named after action star Jackie Chan, at Hong Kong's Tai Po district February 16, 2009.
Opposition party supporters hold a poster calling for the release of Roy Bennet, outside Mutare Magistrates courts, where Roy Bennet, treasurer of the main opposition party and ministerial nominee was meant to appear in court Monday, Feb. 16, 2009.
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