Last year, a Chinese national, who forced children in Malawi to chant racist remarks about themselves in Mandarin, a language which the children did not understand and then sold the videos to Chinese social media has been sentenced, and was ordered to leave the country.
A court judge in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday handed down a one-year imprisonment to the 27-year-old Lu Ke convicted of recruiting children for racial exploitation.
Malawi’s Attorney General, Masauko Chamkakala, noted that although Lu Ke was arrested last year, he had seven days within which he would be deported out of the country having served a one-year imprisonment term. He is prohibited from ever setting foot in the country again.
In one of Lu Ke’s videos, a child aged around nine was heard saying: “I am a monster with a low IQ.”
Lu Ke revealed that he was determined to introduce the Malawian people to Chinese culture.
The public prosecutor revealed that the Chinese national has offered financial compensation to the victim and did not disclose the actual amount given.
He was arrested in June 2022 in Zambia, which is the neighbouring country of Malawi, and was subsequently extradited because he had entered the country without a visa.
Malawian police arrested Lu Ke and the Chinese embassy in Malawi described his actions, stating, “The Chinese government has zero tolerance for racism.”
