Man charged with child trafficking after BBC report said he used Malawian kids to make videos mocking Black people for profit

• A man filmed children in Malawi making racist chants about themselves in Chinese, the BBC reported.
• He then sold the videos for profit in the Chinese market, the BBC reported.

A Chinese man was charged with child trafficking after a BBC investigation found that he filmed children in Malawi mocking their race in a language they didn't understand and then sold the videos online, CNN reported.

Harry Namwaza, a spokesperson for the Malawi Police Service, told CNN that the man had fled to Zambia but was arrested and extradited last month, and was then charged with five counts of child trafficking on Monday.

He identified the man as Lu Ke.

The arrest and charges came after the BBC reported that a Chinese man, whom the broadcaster also identified as Lu Ke, made a group of children in Malawi do the chants, including one where the children said: "I'm a black monster. My IQ is low" without knowing what they were saying.

Watch a shortened version of the BBC's film here:

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According to the BBC, the man offered personalized videos, which he then sold for up to $70 in China. The BBC had also reported that the man was extradited from Zambia to Malawi.

Before his arrest and extradition, he denied to the BBC that the videos were derogatory, and said he was making videos to introduce Chinese culture to Malawi. The BBC noted that not all of the videos he made contained racist content.

An undercover BBC journalist approached him to buy a video, and he admitted to making them before immediately denying it, the BBC reported.

Namwaza, the Malawi Police spokesperson, told CNN that the man "asked for court bail but he was denied as there is fear that he may run away as shown in his previous encounter," in reference to his going to Zambia.

Namwaza told CNN that he did not have any legal representation in court on Monday and that he did not enter a plea.

China has in recent years invested tens of billions of dollars into Africa and created exchange programs with multiple African countries.