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Intro: Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika, has threatened to arrest any "tobacco colonialist" who defies his deportation order.
In a special address to the nation, broadcast on national radio and television, Mutharika said: "I ordered the deportation from our country of four foreign tobacco buyers -- Mr. Kelvin Stainton and Mr. Van de Merwe of Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company, Mr. Collin Armstrong of Alliance One and Mr. Alex Mackay of Premium TAMA.
"These individuals connived to deliberately frustrate the policy of this governm ent to improve the welfare of our people through better prices of tobacco. For a long time they have continued to exploit the poor people of Malawi by offering them much lower prices than those offered in neighbouring countries.
"In doing so, they have been sabotaging the Malawi economy and have been harming the very people who grow tobacco for them to buy," he said.
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