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Malawi Police arrest 44 in women undressing saga
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By Felie Mzumara, Nyasa Times |
January 24, 2012 · 28 Comments |
Malawi Police crackdown on suspects who went berserk last week stripping off women in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Blantyre cities has seen 44 youths languishing in cells.
The development follows more arrests in Lilongwe and Mzuzu of 19 and five more suspects respectively in connection to the last week’s barbaric actions.
Last week Tuesday, Malawian residents were shocked with some youths, masquerading as street vendors, who went on a rampage undressing women and girls found wearing pairs of trousers, short skirts and leggings.
Women protest stripping
The incident started at Chinsapo in Lilongwe before some unruly youths in Mzuzu and Blantyre joined the appalling campaign.
Arrests
National Police Spokesperson Davie Chingwalu said the arrested suspects will answer charges theft and insulting the modesty of women.
He said, according to investigations, the women stripping gang snatched handbags from women which had mobile phones, cash and other valuable items in them.
Chingwalu also revealed that police have also indentified the first woman victim of the persecution who has since recounted her tribulation to police.
“From the information we recorded from her, it indeed confirmed that the whole incident started in Chinsapo and we have managed to trace and apprehend 12 suspects in Chinsapo and Chigwirizano believed to have instigated the whole anarchy,” Chingwalu said.
Four other people were arrested in different parts of the city while one suspected stripper was nabbed in Blantyre.
No court
In Mzuzu, Police Spokesperson Edward Longwe said three more suspects were arrested on Saturday at Matabwa market bringing the number to five.
Chingwalu said all the suspects are in police custody and it remains unclear when they will appear before the court due to the ongoing strike by the judiciary which is now in its third week.
A few days after the incident, President Bingu wa Mutharika came out to condemn the attacks in a state of the nation address and ordered police to crackdown on the suspects.
Thousands of women, who included State Vice President Joyce Banda and joined by some men, also staged a peaceful protest at HHI Multipurpose Hall in Blantyre on Friday where they called upon authorities to thoroughly probe the incidents and ensure that all culprits are brought to justice.
Meanwhile, vendors in Mzuzu and Lilongwe have insisted that the perpetrators were not in any way vendors and have since apologised to the nation in the spirit of peace and oneness.
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Ma vendor wa amangofuna pobela ndiye khalidwe limeneli linsadzachikeso.
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Replyiam a malawian livin’ in South Korea for almost 2yrs now,just wanted to comment about what the vendors did to our women,the vendors should know that Malawi is no longer a 1 party state,it is a multi party state and everyone is free to dress the way they want,in south korea here women dress the way they want and nobody harasses them,i’ve been to China a one party state and women dress the way they want and nobody harasses them,what the vendors did was way out of line,they behaved as though the whole country and law is in their hands,,on the other hand a lot of vendors are savages komanso umbuli!!!!Vendors must remember this is 2012 not 1830 everything everywhere is changing,ma vendor tamayendaniko mmayikomu muwone mmene akazi akuvalira,i would like to thank the police and arrest all those that did this shameful thing,a real vendor minds on his bussiness…
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ReplyApolice mwagwira anyamata onse omwe amavula azimayi koma kukanika kugwira chanthunya, kukanika kugwira yemwe anapha Chasowa, kukanika kugwira omwe anaombela anthu 19 omwe anafa pa 20 july. Mukhito wapolice wopusa achoke wadya banzi. Amalawi dziwani kuti ine bingu ndikufuna mtendere. Koma anyamatawa saphedwa ku cell? Ngati muli ndi abale anu omwe agwidwa,mukawawuze achenjere nawo apolice adya chilope cha abale omwe anamwalira makamaka ku mzuzu.
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Reply2years ago my daughter was nearly stripped by vendors at lilongwe minibus depot in my company. My daughter was 10 then n becoz she is taller than me vendors thot sh is my girlfriend. Malawians should grow up and embrace modernisation. Thank u police for the crackdown
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ReplyBravo police we can not allow anyone to undress our daughters in public under any circumstance
It simply is unacceptable
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ReplyWeak men usually do not use their heads to react or reason. These men who perpetrated the evil acts of stripping women in the streets don’t belong to this day and age. They are supposed to be extinct by now!!!
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ReplyBelieve me when i say womens rights should be respected even if you disagree with them. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. boycott the vendors? if they do that after a week or two of no sales the vendors will be buying clothes for the women for free just to be on their side again . Remember this women outnumber men!! when voting time comes if they decided to put up women in every seat the chances are they will all win!! In my home country we fell into this trap and ended up with a women prime minister!!! John Telford
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