LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Magistrate court in Lilongwe has sentenced Chinese national Lu Ke, widely known as Susu, to 12 months imprisonment. with hard labor.
This means the convict will be freed having been in custody for 12 months since his arrest on 16 July 2022.
The Court has ordered Susu to leave the country within seven days and to never return to Malawi.
Susu has been convicted on his own plea of guilty.
Both sides asked the court to be considerate considering the convict has been in custody for a year, and is first offender who has also shown remorse for his actions.
State Advocate Dzikondiathu Malunda also told the Court the convict has already paid K16 million to the government to be used as compensation to the victims.
Part of the money will be channelled to community social responsibility activities and uplifting the life of school going children.