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The hospital Pharmacist Ignacio Chisaka is being accused of stealing drugs at the facility.
HRDC Eastern Region Coordinator Harold Kachepatsonga they intervened after communities alleged police was playing delaying tactics on the matter.
Meanwhile, Balaka Police spokesperson, Felix Misomali reveals they have completed investigations and that the suspect will appear in court soon.
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“Investigations are still underway.”
Balaka Magistrates Court has sentenced Dickson Chipoya to two years in jail for attempted theft of an Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited transformer stationed at Khwisa Trading Centre in the district on February 3 2021.
Balaka Police spokesperson, Felix Misomali, said the court handed a 24 months sentence on Chipoya for malicious damage and 12 months for attempted theft last week.
The sentences will run concurrently.
Felix Misomali – pleased with outcome
Chipoya hails originally from Chinamwali in Zomba.
He said the court acquitted another suspect, who was answering similar charges, whereas the case for another one, Madalitso Gama, a faults operator for ESCOM, is pending at the same court.
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 37 year old man, to 14 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour for defiling two minors aged 9 and 7 years old respectively.
State prosecutor Liston Sabola from Balaka Police told the Court that the man identifed as Elias Amosi committed the offence during the month of January 2021 at Phalula Trading Centre after giving each child K100 and a piece of meat on both occasions for them not to reveal the ordeal.
In court, Amosi pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement contrary to section 138 of the Penal Code and this prompted the State to parade some witnesses who proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.
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Residents of Khwisa Trading Centre in Balaka foiled an attempted theft of an Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) Limited transformer in the district last week.
Residents surround the vehicle that was allegedly hired by the suspects
There has been a spate of transformer vandalism and theft in the country leading to long periods of blackouts in the affected areas
Malawi Police Service in Balaka have since arrested two suspects and seized a motor vehicle they were reportedly driving in
Escom public relations manager Innocent Chitosi confirmed the incident, saying the suspects and the vehicle are being kept at Balaka Police Station.