マラウィ：前大統領の義理の息子氏の訴追

　違法移民業者である疑惑による。

BBC Step-son of Malawi's ex-leader acquitted over migrant deaths 19 hours ago
By Peter Jegwa

　2022年11月、突如前大統領の義理の息子氏が他7名とともに逮捕された。先の10月、森の中の異臭によって集団墓地が発見され、これに関与したものとされた。

「The step-son of Malawi's ex-President Peter Mutharika has been acquitted of all charges in a case in which he was accused of human trafficking and aggravated manslaughter.

Tadikira Mafubza and seven other men were arrested in November 2022 after police said they were linked with the deaths of 29 suspected Ethiopian immigrants whose bodies were found in an unmarked mass grave.」

　29名、エチオピア人と思しい、少年～成人男性のもの。南アフリカはこうした違法移民のハブの一つになっている様子。

「In October 2022, police found a grave filled with dozens of bodies in a forest in the northern district of Mzimba after young boys reportedly detected a foul smell.

The corpses were of boys and men believed to be Ethiopian migrants being trafficked to South Africa.
Malawi is a major trafficking route for migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia.」

　当時の大統領与党はこれを政治的弾圧のタネとみなしたが―さて実相はどのようなものか。いずれにせよ途上で死んだ、ないし扱いきれなくなった移民希望者を適宜に処理した者たちがいたことは明らかなのである。

「The former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had described his arrest as a political witch-hunt against Mr Mutharika's family and his supporters.」