POLICE have instituted investigations to find the persons circulating videos and as well as to establish the authenticity of the videos gone viral on social media.
Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said police is concerned with the circulation of pornographic videos that have gone viral on WhatsApp groups and other social media platforms.
He warned that members of the general public that such acts as Publication, circulating, offering, possession and solicitation of Obscene material which includes nude and all pornographic content of adults and/or minors is an offence under Section 177 of the Penal Code Act Chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia as well as under Section 56 of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act No.2 of 2021.
“Police have instituted investigations to find the persons circulating the said videos and as well as to establish the authenticity of the videos,” he said.
Mr Hamoonga said police is therefore urging the general public to desist hence forth from circulating Obscene materials as doing so does constitute an offence and is prosecutable under the laws of this country.
