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BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - The senior Malawian child welfare official who was to go to London to assess whether Madonna could adopt a little boy from the southern African country has been removed from the high-profile case, officials said Monday.
The removal of Penstone Kilembe, the director of Malawi's Child Welfare Services, follows allegations that he solicited money from the singer for the trip.
Simon Chisale, the country's chief social welfare officer, said the government had gone to court last week to have Kilembe replaced as the assessor in the Madonna adoption. Chisale said he was now planning to go to London this week to carry out the delayed assessment of toddler David Banda's progress.
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