Malawi: Mpinganjira Freed On Bail Midnight By Court in Judges Attempt Bribery Over Malawi Poll Case

22 January 2020

A magistrate court in Zomba has granted bail to a prominent Malawi banker Thom Mpinganjira, who has been accused of a suspected attempt to bribe a panel of five judges presiding over the country's presidential election petition case

Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Mpinganjira on Wednesday after the bureau received a complaint on December 8 2019 from Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda alleging that some people were attempting to bribe the five judges of the Constitutional Court.

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