Africa-Press – Malawi. High Court Judge Patrick Chirwa has sentenced former Minister of Information Henry Mussa to 3 years imprisonment for the offence of conspiracy to steal and 5 years imprisonment for the offence of receiving stolen property.
The court has also sentenced former Director of Information Gideon Munthali to 3 years imprisonment for conspiracy to commit a felony and 6 years imprisonment for theft by public person.
This follows their conviction in October last year in relation to the case of 10 computers and a genset which disappeared at the Ministry of Information.
Both their sentences shall run concurrently, starting from the date of conviction. Mussa served as a Cabinet Minister under both the United Democratic Front-led government and the Democratic Progressive Party regime.
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