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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:01:00
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By VINCENT PHIRI
The police and the Censorship Board have moved in to investigate circumstances surrounding the leakage, sale and ownership of pornographic materials being circulated on the internet depicting an identifiable Blantyre professional having sex with various women.
However, their probe faces legal challenges, as the Censorship Act that was enacted in 1968 did not encompass the internet, it has been learnt.
Acting Chief Censoring Officer Humphrey Mpondaminga confirmed in an interview Wednesday that his body had instituted an investigation into the pornographic scandal.
But he declined to divulge details to avoid preempting their moves.
“The issue is delicate because at the time the Censorship Act was enacted in 1968, it did not include internet. How would you describe the pictures on the internet? How do you get into somebody’s email?” Mpondaminga wondered.
He said there was no law in the country to regulate the content of the internet, adding if anything, they would use the availability of the pictures in relation to existing laws.
Mpondaminga said ownership and anonymity of senders of internet material made prosecution of suspected culprits tricky.
Police spokesperson for the South Davie Chingwalu Wednesday also confirmed his institution had jointly launched investigations with the Censorship Board on the leakage of the pornographic material.
He said they were weighing options on whether to arrest the porn actors.
The police on Tuesday sounded a warning that they would investigate the pornographic material.
The man in the indecent material apparently used his personal camera in filming himself in rooms and an office-like place in very compromised state with the women.
Blantyre and Lilongwe vendors have copied digital pornographic photos and video clips and were selling them at as high as K1,000 each disc as of Wednesday.
The revelation of the pornographic material has shocked people, and those interviewed by The Daily Times on Tuesday roundly condemned the incident.
Filming, possession and public showing of any pornographic material is a criminal offence in Malawi.
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports say the Blantyre based man and woman in the illicit pictures are said to be on the run.
“It is also reported that the man has since been suspended by his bosses while for the woman, her bosses were meeting yesterday to decide on her fate,” said a source close to the two.
The source said the two, who were members of one church congregation in Blantyre, were last week excommunicated after news of their embarrassing escapades reached the church where they were very active and held leading roles.
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