Daily Archive for December 6th, 2007

The Ant-Corruption Bureau arrested a Chikwawa magistrate for corruption. The was referred by a man who injured his friend when they were fighting at Nchalo. The case before hearing on the scheduled day the defendant was advised by the magistrate to produce some moneys amounting to $1,285.71 so that the defendant should be favored when the judgment passed. At first the defendant was released on bale after paying Mk15, 000.00, which was equivalent to $107.14. The magistrate directed the defendant to pay almost half of payment before hearing. The defendant realized that the way he was demanded to pay for favor was a total corruption that the Malawi government it not tolerating anymore and he took the issue to the Ant-Corruption Bureau. The bureau arrested the magistrate after investigation.