Lilongwe - Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) plans to prosecute former president Bakili Muluzi over $11-million (about R89-million) in donor money it says was syphoned into his private account, its director said on Monday.
"We have applied to the courts to remove an injunction he (Muluzi) obtained stopping us from questioning him because we are now ready to prosecute him on the $11-million found in his account," ACB director Alex Nampota said.
The anti-graft body briefly arrested Muluzi in 2006 on 42 counts of corruption. But all the charges, except for one involving $11-million, were dropped for lack of evidence.
Muluzi, who remains chairman of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party and wants to run for president in elections in 2009, has denied wrongdoing.
Thursday 20 March 2008
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