Chinese man charged with child trafficking in Malawi following racist video allegations

• A Chinese man has been charged with child trafficking in Malawi.
• A BBC documentary accused him of filming Malawian children chanting racist phrases mocking themselves in Chinese.
• He was extradited from Zambia last month after fleeing Malawi, and remanded in custody.

According to authorities in Malawi, a Chinese man has been charged with child trafficking after a BBC documentary accused him of filming children chanting racist phrases mocking themselves in Chinese.

According to the Malawi Police Service’s deputy spokesperson, Harry Namwaza, the man, identified as Lu Ke, was charged with five counts of child trafficking in a magistrates court in the capital Lilongwe on Monday.
Lu was apprehended and extradited from Zambia last month after fleeing Malawi, according to a police spokesperson.

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He appeared in court yesterday (Monday) and was remanded to Maula Prison for 15 days while police completed their investigations “Namwaza elaborated. “He requested court bail, but it was denied because there is concern that he will flee, as he did in his previous encounter.”

According to the BBC Africa Eye documentary, Lu used Malawian children to film personalised greetings videos that were then sold online in China, some of which contained racist content.
The documentary showed a clip of some of the children, who were said to be as young as six, singing in Chinese, “I’m a black monster and my IQ is low.”

After it aired, the film sparked outrage in Malawi.

According to police spokesperson Namwaza, Lu did not have legal representation at the hearing on Monday and did not enter a plea.