Kaliati, Mwapasa arrested for treason, looting

Former Information minister Patricia Kaliati has been handcuffed for being part of mid night six as commission of inquiry reveals, Kaliati faced the arrest barely few hours after her interview with Pilirani Phiri of Zodiak Broadcasting Station.

In the same development,former state house guard commander Duncan Mwapasa has also been arrested for looting of government belongings at state house soon after Bingu’s death.

Reports reaching us are showing that former Information Minister Patricia Kaliati and State House Guard Commander Duncan Mwapasa have been arrested following a recently release inquiry report on president Bingu wa Mutharika’s death.

Currently, heavily armed forces have stormed Professor Peter Mutharika’s House in Area 43 in Lilongwe. Kaliati has been arrested as part of the Mid Night Six. Her arrest has landed barely few hours
after she gave a thrilling interview on ZBC following the release of the report. “Timafuna kulanda boma lake liti, popeza nthawi imeneyo panalibe amene analumbiritsidwa kuti akhale mtsogoleri koma inu muziopa mulungu. Ndichifukwa chake Mulungu akukulangani, chimanga thumba limodzi K10,000 simunati Mulungu azikulanganibe. ”

While the guard commander has been arrested after he contradicted President Joyce Banda’s public claims that Democratic Progressive
Party (DPP) officials looted the state house during the funeral.

Prior to Mutharika’s burial on April 23 2012, president Banda went into town claiming that DPP officials were looting, moving property, bags of dollars from the State House. President Banda then warned that her administration would not allow some people to take away what belongs to Malawians.

And only last week, President Banda repeated the claims at a public rally in Chintheche, Nkhatabay, where she expressed her dismay at the DPP functionaries’ conduct However, the inquiry report indicates that the Guard Commander, Duncan Mwapasa, testified that when the Bingu was flown to South Africa for medical attention he, as usual, issued instructions to State House police and security that they should secure and guard the State House premises, especially the President’s private residence, since both the President and First
Lady were not around.

He told the Commission that he made sure that security at the State House premises was maintained. Mwapasa further informed the Commission that as far as he was aware nothing belonging to the government left the premises by way of looting or theft.He denied that there was looting at State House and submitted to the Commission that he had also just read about the issue in the papers