HARARE - Zimbabwe police arrested a second key opposition leader Monday on fresh treason charges in connection with protests against President Robert Mugabe last week, police said. Welshman Ncube, Secretary General of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was picked up by police earlier on Monday, said police spokesman Andrew Phiri. "We can confirm that we arrested him this morning. We are questioning him on two counts. One of contempt of court and the other of treason," Phiri told Reuters. "It is possible that he might spend the night in jail and will appear at the Magistrate's Court (on Tuesday)."
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MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested on the same charges last Friday. Tsvangirai, MDC vice-president Gibson Sibanda and Ncube are all also currently on trial for treason for allegedly plotting to kill Mugabe in 2001, and could face the death penalty if convicted.
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