{"id":14375,"date":"2022-01-23T18:42:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T18:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook"},"modified":"2022-01-23T19:09:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T19:09:05","slug":"bon-kalindo-off-the-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook","title":{"rendered":"Bon Kalindo off the hook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo says government has communicated to the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to withdraw the warrant of arrest that was issued against political activist Bon Kalindo.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the development in an interview, Chimwendo Banda said through his ministry, they are reminding the police that it is the policy of President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s administration not to stifle freedoms that border on expression and peaceful demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>He said people in the country are free to exercise their right to comment on matters of national importance without fear of reprisals from the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have communicated government policy to the Inspector General of Police; it is the position of this government to desist from violating people\u2019s rights and freedom to express themselves even when they have misgivings on what government is doing,\u201d Chimwendo Banda said.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, insisted that government is not setting a bad precedent by withdrawing the warrant of arrest and urged Malawians to exercise their rights responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>MPS earlier confirmed having been looking for Kalino over his remarks which were allegedly meant to insult Chakwera during the \u2018cost of living\u2019 demonstrations the former UTM director of youth organised in Blantyre on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement signed by MPS Public Relations Officer James Kadadzera said the offence was contrary to Section 4 of the Protected Flags, Emblems and Names under the laws of Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn January 21, 2022 at Blantyre District Commissioner\u2019s office in the City of Blantyre, while addressing demonstrations, Mr Kalindo used insulting words to the President of the Republic of Malawi, His Excellency Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Kalindo is on bail granted by the Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate after he was arrested on charges of publishing false materials following remarks he made in Mangochi during demonstrations, where he alleged former deputy speaker of Parliament Clement Chiwaya was murdered at Parliament building.<\/p>\n<p>He is also answering a similar charge at the Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate following remarks he made during a programme on a local television station where he alleged he knows those behind the killing of persons with albinism in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo says government has communicated to the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to withdraw the warrant of arrest that was issued against political activist Bon Kalindo. Confirming the development in an interview, Chimwendo Banda said through his ministry, they are reminding the police that it is the policy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":14374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-14375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bon Kalindo off the hook - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo says government has communicated to the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to w ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bon Kalindo off the hook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo says government has communicated to the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to w ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-23T18:42:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-23T19:09:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/img-61eda7ade8d28.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"860\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"492\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bon Kalindo off the hook\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-23T18:42:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-23T19:09:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/img-61eda7ade8d28.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/bon-kalindo-off-the-hook\",\"name\":\"Bon Kalindo off the hook - 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