 Zimbabwean minister who branded Robert Mugabe a liar is freed. Minister from Movement for Democratic Change Party said to have been denied food during two-day detention. A Zimbabwean court on Sunday freed a senior politician in the Movement for Democratic Change Party who was arrested after allegedly calling President Robert Mugabe a liar. Jameson Timba, a minister of state in the office of the prime minister, Morgenths Vangire, had been detained on Friday under sweeping security laws. A special hearing of the Harare High Court ordered Timba's release. Judge Joseph Musiqua ruled that the police had no justification for the detention. Timba's lawyers said he had been denied food since Friday. After his release, Timba said, the police must learn how to do their job properly. Mugabe's party accused Timba of insulting Mugabe when he said Mugabe had lied over the outcome of a recent regional summit on Zimbabwe. Mugabe insisted the southern African development community, a regional economic and political bloc, cleared his party's name over allegations reported to the group by the chief Zimbabwe mediator, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa. Timba gave his account of the summit at the same time that Xvangire also told a rally in Central Zimbabwe that Mugabe and his party leaders were not truthful over the summit findings. Mugabe's party has also called for Xvangire's arrest for insulting Mugabe, accusations usually applied to remarks made by political hecklers or those who curse Mugabe in bars or on buses. Those convicted have been fined or briefly jailed.