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More arrests in corruption scandal

    JOHANNESBURG

    A former senior government minister and an opposition member of parliament have been arrested on corruption charges. The BBC reported that the former minister, Cassim Chilumpha, was charged in court on Thursday with receiving money from a contractor who had been hired to build schools. The opposition Malawi Congress Party MP, Daniel Mphunga, was charged with receiving more than US $7,000 from the same contractor, and with issuing fake certificates for non-existent work. Two other officials from the ministry of eduction face similar corruption charges.

    Investigators from the Malawi anti-corruption bureau said the money received was used for campaigns during parliamentary and presidential elections held last year, the BBC reported, adding that 22 people had so far been arrested in connection with the award of contracts to build schools which were never built.

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