By AFPMore by this AuthorMAPUTO,The son of Mozambique's former president Armando Guebuza was arrested on Saturday in a legal crackdown on suspects linked to a $2 billion government debt scandal, local media and judiciary sources said. Maputo-based independent STV channel said he was arrested in connection with a government debt which plunged the country into its worst financial crisis. "He is one of the eight arrested by order of the Attorney-General," a judiciary source who asked not to be named, told AFP. Mozambican authorities this week arrested seven other suspects, including businessmen and intelligence officials in connection with the debt scandal. Ndambi Guebuza, who is a businessman, is alleged to have received $9.7 million in bribes, according to a US indictment.​

Source: Daily Nation February 17, 2019 04:07 UTC