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Africa-Press<\/a> – Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Samuel Tembenu who is lawyer for former Malawi president Peter Mutharika has expressed dismay over \u201chigh levels of crookedness\u201d at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).<\/p>\n

Tembenu made the remarks on Tuesday after realizing that the ACB had been granted an extension of the period for freezing Mutharika\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n

The bureau froze Mutharika\u2019s accounts in August and the period expired on December 7. But the bureau obtained an extension at the magistrate\u2019s court without notifying Mutharika\u2019s lawyers, something which has annoyed Tembenu.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey hid that fact. We only came to know about it today [on Tuesday] in court and even the [High Court] Judge [Rowland Mbvundula] was surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [ACB] have been hiding about that, yet we have been talking to each other. So, that\u2019s why I am saying there is a high level of crookedness on the part of State institution called the ACB,\u201d he told the local media after the High Court in Blantyre completed hearing the case in which wants the ACB to unfreeze his bank accounts.<\/p>\n

Tembenu added that Mutharika is surviving but is facing hardships as he has not been allowed to access his money.<\/p>\n

ACB chief legal and prosecution officer Victor Chiwala has confirmed obtaining the new restriction notice which will expire on March 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

He argued that the expiry of the restriction would have killed the ACB\u2019s case and that the bureau would be able to recover money from the bank accounts if the suspects are found guilty.<\/p>\n

The bureau also froze accounts Mutharika\u2019s wife Gertrude, former State Residences chief of staff Peter Mukhitho, former Malawi Revenue Authority deputy commissioner general Roza Mbilizi and Mutharika\u2019s former bodyguard Norman Chisale over the K5 billion cement scandal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Samuel Tembenu who is lawyer for former Malawi president Peter Mutharika has expressed dismay over \u201chigh levels of crookedness\u201d at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Tembenu made the remarks on Tuesday after realizing that the ACB had been granted an extension of the period for freezing Mutharika\u2019s accounts. 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