Zimbabwe: Alleged coup plotters deny treason charges

Six suspects including a former army officer accused of plotting a coup to oust Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe denied charges of treason, the official media reported today.

Lawyers applied for the suspects to be freed on bail at the Harare High Court on Friday after they denied treason charges, saying they were only recruiting for a new opposition political party, The Herald newspaper, a government mouthpiece, said.