{"id":70143,"date":"2018-10-09T10:05:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=70143"},"modified":"2018-10-09T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T08:05:11","slug":"state-parades-witness-in-macdonald-masambuka-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/10\/09\/state-parades-witness-in-macdonald-masambuka-case\/","title":{"rendered":"State parades witness in MacDonald Masambuka case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Jarson Malowa, Contributor:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68102\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/macdonald-masambuka-funeral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/macdonald-masambuka-funeral-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/macdonald-masambuka-funeral-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/macdonald-masambuka-funeral.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK \u2013 Masambuka\u2019s remains being laid to rest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The State Monday paraded at the High Court in Zomba the first witness in the murder case of 22-year-old boy with albinism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.times.mw\/more-arrests-imminent-in-macdonald-masambuka-murder\/\">MacDonald Masambuka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First to testify was father to the deceased, White Adaki Masambuka (80), who told the court what happened from March 8 to 15 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He said on March 8, he went to a rice field with his late son before he received a phone call from a man he [the late Masambuka] identified as a community police officer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe told me that he received a call from a police officer who told him to attend a meeting of people with albinism in the afternoon of that day,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOn March 9, I went to the same rice field where I also received a call from a man who said was his friend who was telling them to go to the mosque,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said upon returning from the mosque, he asked for K100 and left never to return again.<\/p>\n<p>The father said he heard from one of his friends that MacDonald had left for Chikwewo where he followed him on March 10 and met one of his friends only identified as Elina.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI asked Elina about him and he told me that she had met MacDonald the previous day but he did not tell her where he was going,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.times.mw\/12-committed-to-high-court-in-mcdonald-masambukas-case\/\">Masambuka<\/a>\u2019s dad, therefore, was advised by police officers at Chikwewo Police Unit to report the matter to Ntaja Police, which he did.<\/p>\n<p>A week later, Ntaja Police called Masambuka\u2019s dad to identify the bicycle which his son used and he was told to leave until they called him again to see body parts of his son at Zomba Central Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the court turned down Catholic priest Thomas Muhosha and medical officer Lumbani Kamanga\u2019s requests for a separate trial.<\/p>\n<p>The State also read facts of the case to another suspect, Alfred Yohane, who is the only one to plead guilty of murdering the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.times.mw\/macdonald-masambukas-brother-arrested-over-murder\/\">Masambuka<\/a> among the 12 remaining suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Yohane later denied the facts and the court, through Judge Zione Ntaba, entered a plea of not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been adjourned to today when the State is expected to parade more witnesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jarson Malowa, Contributor: The State Monday paraded at the High Court in Zomba the first witness in the murder case of 22-year-old boy with albinism, MacDonald Masambuka. First to testify was father to the deceased, White Adaki Masambuka (80), who told the court what happened from March 8 to 15 2018. 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