Malawi Police on Wednesday questioned former President Peter Mutharika on his involvement in the K5 billion cement importation saga that has seen two of his aides arrested.

Mutharika is entangled in the cement saga where his personal bodyguard Norman Chisale, former Chief of Staff Peter Mukhitho and Lilongwe based businessman Ahmed Chunara were arrested on allegations that they imported about 1.2 million bags of cement using Mutharika’s Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN).

Police Tuesday arrested former Chief of Staff of State Residences Peter Mukhito in connection with the importation of cement worth billions of kwacha using former president Peter Mutharika’s Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN).

However, the US says the Quds force has a wider role by providing funding, training, weapons and equipment to organisations that Washington has designated as terrorist groups in the Middle East. These include Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

About 500 refugees and asylum seekers enter Malawi every month, most of them from the DRC. Although none of the migrants have ever reported having been in Ebola hotspots, the likelihood of an infected person crossing into Malawi is there.