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Law and order, Lifestyle

Malawi graft body re-arrests Asian businessman Zameer Karim

Maravi Post Reporter
Asian businessman Zameer Karim rearrested

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The country graft bursting body Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, April 15, 2021 re-arrested Asian businessman Zameer Karim of Pioneer Investments after the High Court revoked his bail.

ACB confirmed the re-arrest of Karim saying he was being kept at Blantyre Police Station waiting to be remanded to prison until the next date of trial.

The business tycoon was charged with intent to defraud Ecobank Malawi MK850 million by allegedly obtaining fraudulently a loan purportedly guaranteed by the Malawi Police Service.

corruption, Law and order, Malawi

Malawi police arrest Asian businessman Zameer Karim over food ration saga

Maravi Post Reporter

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Police in Blantyre on Friday, morning November 13, 2020 arrested controversial Asian businessman Zameer Karim.

Karim is currently at the Blantyre police in hands of authorities with his lawyers.

Sources told the Maravi Post that he has been arrested in connection to MK2.7 billion Malawi Police food rations deal.

The Asian businessman is believed to have overpriced the food supplies with an aim to defraud the government.

Zameer was first arrested in December, 2018 by the Anti-corruption bureau.

He has been on bail since 2018. He was closely linked to former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) senior officials including former president Peter Mutharika.

More to come….