BLANTYRE – A Chinese accused of exploiting Malawian children by filming them and sell racist videos in China has reportedly been extradited to Malawi.
Lu Ke, known to children as Susu, fled to neighboring Zambia last month after a BBC Africa Eye documentary uncovered his alleged money-making scheme.
Lu Ke reportedly paid each child half a dollar to appear in his videos, which he sold on Chinese social media for up to $70 each.
He reportedly shoots up to 380 videos a day, earning around 77 million kwacha (about $75,300).
In one of the videos, children in matching shirts sing Chinese phrases such as “I’m a black freak” and “My IQ is low.”
A child claimed that Lu Ke would beat them if they disobeyed his orders.
On June 20, the Malawi Ministry of Immigration and Citizenship confirmed that the Chinese national had been arrested in the Zambian town of Chipata.
Four days later, Chipata-based magistrate Mercy Chibo reportedly ordered Lu Ke to pay 13,000 Zambian kwachas (about $790) for illegal entry and stay.
Malawi’s ministries of internal security, justice and foreign affairs have since worked together to seek Lu Ke’s extradition.
The process was finally completed and Zambia handed it over on Saturday 16 July.
Comfort Mankhwazi, chair of the University of Malawi Children’s Legal Clinic, which led the protests that erupted after the BBC expose, is upbeat about the news.
“We really hope that this extradition and arrest will lead to something as important as prosecution in our courts and that these victims will finally get the justice they deserve,” Mankhwazi was quoted by VOA News.
Lu Ke is expected to be tried in a court in Malawi. As of Sunday, Chinese authorities had not issued a public statement regarding his extradition.
The Chinese Embassy in Malawi previously said it condemned racism “in all its forms, by anyone or anywhere”. The consulate added that it will “work closely with the Malawian side and ensure that this unfortunate issue is properly addressed.”
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