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The case involving the pastor of the fugitive couple Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary has been postponed until December 14, the Malawian government said.
Malawi’s Information Minister Gospel Kazako said: “The higher court sat down to examine the (appeal) request and there were certain technicalities that forced the judge to ask the state and Bushiri’s lawyers to make further submissions.”
The Malawian businessman and church leader, born Chipiliro Gama, appeared in Lilongwe High Court on Tuesday, where he and his wife challenged the constitutionality of their arrest.
This is after they turned themselves in to the police in their home country after Interpol issued a notice. The appeal concerned a lower court decision that ruled his arrest illegal.
Bushiri, also known as “Major 1”, and Mary mysteriously fled South Africa last month. His escape remains the subject of a police investigation.
The 37-year-old self-proclaimed prophet, who founded and leads the Illuminated Christian Gathering (ECG) Church, was to be tried in SA in an alleged fraud and money laundering case involving more than 100 million rand.
Their luxury mansion in Centurion has been seized and the couple forfeited a combined R400,000 bail money for violating bail conditions set by the Pretoria Central Magistrates Court.
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