ACB set to arrest and interview Mutharika over abuse of his TPIN

July 16, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu - Nyasa Times 27 Comments

Former President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) will next week be arrested and interviewed under caution by investigators from the graft busting body – the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) – who want to understand how his Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN) ended into the hands of his loyalists.

Mutharika:  Faces arrest & interview under caution

He is likely to be put under house arrest, sources say.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau Principal Public Relations Officer, Egrita Ndala issued a press statement on Friday, July, 2021, confirming only the ACB’s decision to get to the bottom of the matter.

In her communication, Ndala said: “The Anti-Corruption Bureau would like to inform Malawians that as part of the on-going investigation process into the allegations of abuse of the former President’s Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN), the ACB will interview the former President, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika from 20th July, 2021.

“The Bureau would like to let Malawians know that this is a normal and legal process, which started in 2020. The ACB hopes that this will put the record straight on the various stories circulating in the social media surrounding this matter,” the statement reads.

In conclusion, Ndala discloses that the interview will be conducted while observing Covid-19 prevention guidelines.

According to unconfirmed reports, the Bureau, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) had written the former President on intention to interrogate him under caution last Tuesday but Mutharika refused citing Covid-19.

The reports also suggest that apart from the Covid-19 issue, authorities backtracked on their initial plan to interview APM because of an intelligence alert that suggested some people in Mangochi, where the former Head of State stays, had been mobilizing to block all roads leading to his private PAGE residence situated on the shores of Lake Malawi.

Some APM sympathizers have claimed that the impending interrogation and imminent arrest may have been triggered by APM’s angry outbursts at a press conference recently where he claimed the MCP and its partners, in cohort with the courts, had carried out a ‘judicial coup’ to depose him from power. He also accused President Chakwera and his administration of mismanaging the economy, plunging Malawians in deep poverty.

Mutharika lost the presidency to Chakwera following the June 23, 2020 presidential election re-run ordered by the courts following claims of irregularities in the initial poll in 2019.

Former security aide for Mutharika, Paulosi Norman Chisale, was recently arrested by police on allegations that he abused the former President’s tax exemption privileges. Chisale was charged with fraud and money-laundering in relation to a multi-billion Kwacha cement importation investigation involving the abuse of Mutharika’s TPIN.

The courts granted Chisale bail. There are unconfirmed reports Chisale and an Asian businessman in Lilongwe, Mahmed Shafee Ahmed Chunara, also arrested on similar charges, would be turned into state witnesses against the former President.

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27 replies on “ACB set to arrest and interview Mutharika over abuse of his TPIN”

  2. So you mean people in Malawi too as poor as they are can threaten violence like the one S.A has done? You also just as dumb, can someone destroy their economy for a cause themselves don’t understand? Thought it is only the mind of people who don’t dare use their minds at all.

  6. The day they bring JB to the podium of justice, at least to tell Malawi citizens how money was looted under her leadership, it’s the day we know Tonse government is at right track of cleaning up of corruption rubles

  7. whats so special with peter. DPP did rhe same with Muluzi mpaka kumuthetsera chipani chake. i wonder why mangochi people are tolerating prince of thieves.

  9. You putting a blind eye on covid 19 fund which ur musters plundered but ur fast pulling strings on Munthalika Malawians are not stupid they are just waiting for spark he going ti test his on medication ma demo basi. You want to copy what they did to south Africa kaya tiziona.

    1. LILONGWE CITY COUNCIL HAS FLOATED AN INTERNAL VACANCY TO EMPLOY INTERNS WHOM THE GOVT SAID SHOULD LEAVE COUNCILS TO PAVE WAY FOR FRESH GRADUATES. THIS IS CORRUPTION TOO. THE QUESTION IS DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE MANDATE TO EMPLOY GRADES RANGING FROM M6 TO M4 OR IT IS THE DUTY OF LOCAL GOVT SERVICE COMMISSION TO DO SO? IF IT IS AN INTERNAL VACANCY, WHY ARE INTERNS INVOLVED?
      WE FEEL SOMETHING IS AMISS.

  11. If people want former leaders NOT to be accounted for their deeds whilst in office then the easiest way is just to make a law that sll who get elected to the Presidency must be immunity the rest of their lives. Other than that then as any ordinary citizens are bound to answering to the laws of the country. Be it Muluzi, APM, JB Or Chakwera.

  12. Try it muone …..You want to divert attention yendetsani economy yokomela tonse tinakuvotelani

  13. I think the immunity of a seating president must be removed immediately. Why should the law allow someone to break it for 5 or 10 years as president, and then account when the damage is already done and irreparable?

    2. Lamulo lamulo ndi joker mpeni okutwa uku ndi ukuuu olo mutati mutani koma dziko Lili ndi ma enforcers u will see

  15. Mmmm we waiting to hear what you he say but he remain innocent until proven guilty

  16. Uku ndiye kupanda nzeru. Ineyo I have a driver, ndimatha kumutuma kokagula zinthu using cheque olo airtel money, even kukatenga ndalama pa ATM, akaloweza pin nkudzatenga yekha tsiku lina basi ine ndili ndi mulandu? Mwasowa chochita inu, mukhaula!!!

    1. When you are alerted that someone is abusing your atm pin what do you do? APM was alerted but he did nothing. That’s the issue.

    2. Mutumwa, this is first class ignorance! You cannot share your Airtel/Mpamba or bank account Pin with anybody else! The reason is to avoid unauthorised transactions on your account and you should know that you are responsible for all transactions in your account! Kodi ku sukulu munapitako inu?

  17. Nyasatimes, if you are not sure of what to write, it’s good not to write anything. The press release from ACB is not saying that Mutharika is to be arrested. They say it’s just an interview contrary to what is circulating in public domain. Don’t misrepresent facts please. Government knows that arresting Mutharika would incite violent demonstrations especially in South Region like what is happening in RSA. So they can’t make such a mistake considering how slippery the ground is at the moment.

    1. The good thing is that they will be destroying their region/district just as in South Africa. They can’t go to another district to do the destruction.

    2. Abale inu! Why do people twist facts. Nowhere in the press release have I read about arresting APM.

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