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| Zambia arrests former president Banda's son over graft |
| 2012-06-01 |
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Zambian Sherlocks on Thursday placed in long-term storageBook 'im, Mahmoud! a son of former president Rupiah Banda for corruption and possessing assets bought with dirty money, a police spokeswoman said. "Andrew Banda has been formally tossed in the slammer Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! and charged for corrupt practices and being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime," Namukolo Kasumpa, spokeswoman for the criminal investigations department told news hounds. Banda, currently his country's deputy high commissioner to India, was jugged barely 24 hours after police took a statement from him. I said nuttin' incriminating! Git yer hands off'n me! Andrew is the eldest son of former president Banda, who lost to opposition leader Michael Sata in September. He is accused of charging Italian construction company Fratelli Locci two percent of all its earnings for building roads. Authorities also say Banda couldn't explain the origin of 360 million kwacha ($67,000, 54,000 euro) in his bank account, money suspected to come from criminal activity. He was released on bail, his lawyer Sakwiba Sikota told news hounds. Rupiah Banda had little comment on his son's arrest, saying he had not been in touch with him for "a long time now so I am not really following what is happening." |
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