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Malawi anti-graft chief suspended over leaked audio clip

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Martha Chizuma works at her desk before talking to Agence France-Presse in her office in Lilongwe, Malawi, on September 9, 2019. [AFP]

Malawi has suspended the head of its Anti-Corruption Bureau over a leaked audio clip that where she suggested high-ranking officials were obstructing justice.

Martha Chizuma was arrested in December for the same issue but released on the order of President Lazarus Chakwera. Malawi media reports say Chizuma's suspension came just hours before the bureau planned to issue arrest warrants for top officials.

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