Police, immigration officers in a mix up over ‘racist’ German national facing deportation: He even insulted Malawi President

Immigration authorities have moved from Mzuzu to Lilongwe a 46 year old German national facing deportation as police prosecutors were waiting for him at Mzuzu mgistrates court where charges of insulting President Peter Mutharika were awaiting him.

Joseph Chauwa, public relations officer for the Immigration Department said Hinteregger Jurgen is now in Lilongwe awaiting his deportation flight back to his home in Germany.

“The police did not tell us that he was answering a case in Mzuzu,” said Chauwa.

However, Peter Kalaya, the police public relations officer in Mzuzu said the Immigration Department was informed that Jurgen insulted Mutharika and made racist remark against a driver of Strabag International, German constructing company where the suspect was manager.

The driver, according to police, drove a vehicle into metal bars, bursting its tyres, irking Jurgen.

The German company is constructing a 47 kilometre Mzuzu to Nkhata Bay.