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Shen Chong was on Thursday, 6 August 2009 fined K500,000 by the Blantyre Magistrate court after pleading guilty to charges of attempting to externalise US$39,151. He has since paid the fine. Chong was arrested at Chileka Airport on 24 June 2009 while wanting to board a South African Airways plane.
The Mzuzu Principal Resident Magistrate Court denied bail to two Malawian nationals, Mustafa Kaweche, 48 and Daniel Jere, 52, who were found with US$4 million in fake currency.
Authorities have linked the two incidents to a severe shortage of forex that has hit Malawi due to continued foreign exchange scarcity in the market and lack of demand for huge local development and project financing.