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Malawi police arrest 12 persons for electoral violence.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| November 23, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Panafrican News Agency (PANA) Daily Newswire)

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police in Malawi have confirmed the arrest of 12 militants of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) in the central tobacco-growing district of Kasungu in connection with violence leading to the general elections on 20 May 2004 in Malawi.

Police spokesman Willie Mwaluka told PANA Monday that the 12 party activists, including UDF Kasungu District governor Daud Kananji, were rounded up last weekend after being accused of masterminding a series of atrocities during the electoral process.

Kasungu, home to Malawi's founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda, was a focal point …

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