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THREAD: 🚨 RACISM FOR SALE

Police in Malawi have launched an investigation into allegations raised in a #BBCAfricaEye documentary about the Chinese video industry.

🎥Watch the documentary here⬇️


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The in-depth report by #BBCAfricaEye uncovered a Chinese video-making industry that exploits vulnerable children across the continent to make personalised greetings videos, which sometimes include racist content.

Some of these videos are filmed in Malawi.

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🇲🇼 Malawi Police Spokesperson, Harry Mwanza, told the BBC:

“We have seen the video and the content itself depicts the children being exploited but we cannot rush into that conclusion...we have immediately started an investigation...to establish what really happened.”

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Malawi’s minister responsible for child welfare Patricia Kaliati, has told @BBCAfrica that the racism revealed in the #BBCAfricaEye investigation "Racism for Sale" is an “insult to Malawian children and it is also an insult to the Malawian nation”.

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Patricia Kaliati told BBC's #FocusOnAfrica the Malawian government had launched an investigation into the claims made in the documentary, and said the government would not tolerate abuse of Malawian children.

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Their exploitation is "reprehensible" and "despicable", said Malawi's Human Rights Defenders Coalition. The group deplored the lack of accountability for those responsible, and urged the government to join forces with the @UN to "halt" the murky video-making industry.

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🎥Watch "Racism for Sale" here: bbc.in/39fffmk
#BBCAfricaEye #BBCEyeInvestigations

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