Malawi Police Service has released Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Martha Chizuma who was detained at the Namitete Police station on Tuesday morning over a leaked audio.
She was charged with making use of speech capable of prejudicing a person against a party to judicial proceedings contrary to section 131(1) d of the penal code
Her lawyer, Martha Kaukonde, says the ACB Boss has been formally charged in relation to the January-leaked audio purportedly between Chizuma and a yet-to-be-identified man in which they were allegedly discussing operations of the bureau.
Kaukonde says she was not surprised to hear about the arrest. This follows Parliament on Tuesday morning waving all standing orders to discuss the arrest of Chizuma.
Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo has told the house that Chizuma has been released unconditionally.
Earlier, Rumphi East MP, Kamlepo Kalua asked Tonse Alliance government to explain the reasons for Chizuma’s arrest. Leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda reacted by stating that the government is digging deeper into the circumstances surrounding the arrest.
Scores of armed police officers surrounded her home with a warrant of arrest relating to the January leaked audio.
“I know what is happening. And I know why it is happening now. I have a very good idea of the timing. They should be fighting corruption. Not this,” Chizuma told Zodika online.