National police spokesman Peter Kalaya confirmed the arrests in a statement on Friday and said they had made "inflammatory social media posts that are full of insinuations and insinuations".

Kalaya said the voice notes in question contain serious criminal elements as defined by the Electronic Transactions and Cyber ​​Security Act, Xinhua news agency reported.

The police spokesperson further said that the post has the potential to incite violence and disorder.

Social media posts reportedly made by Kalua and Kalindo questioned and refuted the authorities' story about the cause of the plane crash.

The plane, a Dornier 228 military aircraft belonging to the Malawi Defense Force, crashed in a forest a few kilometers from the town of Mzuzu in northern Malawi on June 10 due to poor weather conditions, according to the country's President and Cabinet Secretary, Colleen. Zamba.

Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has enlisted foreign experts to join the Malawi Defense Force and Malawi Police Service in investigating the accident to determine the actual cause.

Meanwhile, Information and Digitalization Minister Moses Kunkuyu said experts from Germany were due to arrive in the country on Saturday to help with the investigation.