Saturday, July 7, 2007

More arrested for defying Zimbabwe price freeze

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe police arrested 17 more business executives for defying an official price freeze, as the ruling party endorsed the government's tough stance on businesses, state media reported on Saturday.

President Robert Mugabe's government last week ordered prices of basic goods and services slashed by half and deployed a crack enforcement unit, which has arrested more than 200 business people for breaching the price controls.


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