By IRNA
Pretoria : Zimbabwean police have arrested at least five officials for allegedly under-counting votes cast for President Robert Mugabe in March election.
Police said the election officials have been charged with fraud and criminal abuse of duty, accused of taking nearly 5,000 votes away from Mugabe.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined international calls for the urgent release of the results.
The opposition MDC is seeking a court ruling to force publication of results.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, won the election by a clear majority.
But Mugabe’s Zanu-PF is seeking a recount.
On Monday a High Court judge dismissed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (ZEC) argument that his court did not have jurisdiction and set the case for Tuesday.
The judge said he would decide whether to treat it as an urgent case, before hearing the actual arguments.