A court has ordered that witnesses from South Africa attend the extradition case against Sheperd Bushiri in Malawi, in person. Bushiri and his wife have been accused of fraud and money laundering in South Africa. The couple was arrested but skipped the country in 2020 after being granted bail.
A milestone victory for us in our case! The High Court in Malawi has ruled that witnesses, to be specific, those that arrested us and recorded cases against us (investigators) be physically present in Malawi for cross examination by our lawyers.
“We welcome this fair ruling and we look forward to meeting them in court where we will exercise our right to cross examine them for a fair ruling. Thank you everyone for your continued support. We will continue to pray for you as you pray for us,” reacted Bushiri.
Prophet Bushiri said when they came to Malawi, they spoke about how unfairly they were being treated in South Africa saying they opened cases of extortion against some of the South African investigators and surprisingly the same accused officers arrested them and added that they survived assassination attempts.
“We also survived assassination attempts after we opened cases against some individuals in the Republic of South Africa and they have records of these cases in the Police and Judicial systems which we believe to be vital in our case,” he added.
Prophet Bushiri and his wife Mary fled to Malawi in 2020 after being granted bail. In South Africa, they are expected to answer charges of fraud and money laundering.
Source: eNCA
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