Malawi Police fire teargas, bullets to disperse MCP supporters: Mia says ‘failed assassination plot’

June 21, 2018 Osman Faiti- Nyasa Times 51 Comments

Malawi police in the commercial capital Blantyre on Thursday fired tear gas and shot bullets in the air air  to disperse dozens of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters who had gathered as curios market (paziboliboli) to received party cloth from vice-president Mohammed Sidik Mia.

MCP supporters who were dispersed
MCP supporterts were receiving patrty cloth from Mia in Blantyre

Mia, who was accompanied by his wife Abida, addressed the supporters, vendors and shoppers appealing for them to support MCP as Malawi is heading to watershed elections next year in May.

However, police shot bullets in the air to disperse the opposition supporters  but they resisted to move until teargas cannisters were fired.

MCP members, shoppers and street vendors hurried for cover as police moved to break up the gathering.

“Police just fired teargas and started shooting without any communication to us. We were meeting our supporters and there is nothing wrong with that,” said Mia.

“This was an assassination attempt but I survived,” he said. “We view this as victory of process  to change.”

The police spokesperson declined  to comment.

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51 replies on “Malawi Police fire teargas, bullets to disperse MCP supporters: Mia says ‘failed assassination plot’”

  1. THIS IS WHAT MIA SAID: I WILL REMAIN TRUE TO MY ISLAMIC FAITH.WHO WANTED YOU TO JOIN CHRISTIANITY BY THE WAY? AFTERALL,ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF DEATH AND BLOOD.BY THE WAY WHO CALLED YOU TO COME TO OUR PEACEFULL COUNTRY? SO,YOUR SLAVES ARE CHEATING YOU THAT YOU WILL WIN THE ELECTIONS IN 2019? KEEP ON CHEATING THEM,BUT 2019 WILL TELL THE TRUTH YOU ARAB KILLER.GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY WHO CALLED YOU INTO OUR COUNTRY,YOUR SO-CALLED SUPPORTERS ARE JUST EATING YOUR MONEY FOR NOTHING.YOU MIGHT GET SOME VOTES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH,BUT DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME IN THE NORTH,BECAUSE PEOPLE THERE DO NOT GO TO THE TOILETS WITH BAKETS OF WATER TO WIPE THEIR ASSES,OKAY YOU ISLAMIC CHEATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. LEGO,you know what? I always hate fools like you.A wise man would not accept to be a CHOLA BOY for an Arab thief and imposter. For your information; you do not even know the word PROSPER what it means. I for one,strongly believe that your boss Mia is in our country to exploit people like you idiot-savant and that is why an Arab has chosen Malawi as his victim because of the slumbering fools like you guile!!!! Let me educate you foolhardy.Police were doing their job intelligently and it’s your MASTER and thief Mia who misled his brainwashed slaves leading Police to react un- intelligently.Any wise Police Force could react the same, you un intelligent maniac and if you want to know racists, you go to Arab countries.These people still call us KAFFIRS AND SLAVES.These are the people who castrated our fore-fathers when they were taking them from their homes in Africa across Indian Ocean.So your are happy with them you fucker? You are the kind of people who undermine our intelligence and capabilities and indeed,Mia himself down in his heart,lough at you if you don’t realise your stupidity.It was better to be ruled by tyrant Banda in view of the fact that,he was an African like you NINCOMPOOP!!!!!!!!!!! Let me quote the words of M.Gurvey one of the greatest PAN AFRICANISTS OF OUR TIME: AFRICA FOR AFRICANS AND EUROPE FOR EUROPEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If Mia was wise enough,he could have packed his bags and go back to his country ARABIA were people are crossing rivers of blood emanating from bloody civil wars amongst the ARABS THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Few days ago in my comments,I condemned the Malawi Police Force for using unprecedented force against our people.The fact is that I did not read the whole story.Few hours later I went through the whole story and discovered the Police Force was doing its job lawfully.Here,we must condemn that Arab man Mia,who controls the MCP and its idiotic President Chakwera,for the barbaric handling of the innocent Malawians.It is sad that our people and Chakwera are foolishly being used by Mia a crooked Arab who has no real love for our country.He can not love Malawians and hate his fellow Arab killers.Candidly speaking,other many Africans I talk to,they are tung-tied in the sense that,how would Malawians be ruled by an Arab who is in Malawi for his own interests.Haven’t we lerned from Banda’s atrocious leadership? Malawians,it is dangerously foolish to accept somebody whom you have no notion of his back ground.WAKEUP FOOLS!!!!!!!. FORWARD WITH THE PEOPLE AND BACKWARD WITH MIA THE OPPORTUNISTIC ARAB!!!!!!!!! CAN ONE MALAWIAN mention one country in Southern Africa ruled by an Arab whose forefathers enslaved our people and castrated them brutaly.Up to now,Arabs still call us infidels and kaffirs.What is wrong with you people? Are you not ashamed in this era to be ruled by an Arab? Tanzanias call us WASHENZI which means FOOLS!!!!!!!!

    1. You are the one who is foolish and stupid.With your stupidity that’s why you will never prosper in your life.We are not here to talk about race and tribe you stupid fool,we are talking about what happened.Do you know the word BARBARIC in the first place or you are just using it for the sake of using?Do you not just write anything with your hatred,from the picture that i saw,what were the didactive police and DPP doing at Mia’s rally?I want you to explain this to me.As long as we have got fools people like you in this country nothing will change.

    2. Why the police spokesperson is just quiet.Why the police are not issuing the press of what lead them to act like what they did if you think you are more intelligent than the rest?

  5. O failure to develop the country starts with the hand-out mentality. The people will be getting from DPP, MCP, PP, UDF etc. Ndi zitenje azikafunda.

  8. Anthu ali ndi ufulu ocheza ndi the vice president to be ,zigawenga zidamenya ma MP ku parliament koma osamangidwa this is opposite police, popeza DPP ikupita ku opposition uku kutsazika atncheyanso amatero bravo Mia tikusapotani nkhwambiri.

  9. Looking at the images, its clear the people were gathering peacefully, why then did the reformed (I used that word with a lot of pains) police service decide to disperse them? Why teargassing non-rioting citizens? what if the people started revolting after the teargas?
    One thing you people in power must know is that anger is boiling up inside many of those you consider lesser citizens, and someday it shall be out of hand.

    1. We have a stupid, unprofessional police which works for DPP. Why fire teargas? No wonder they cannot comment because they know they are foolish and unprofessional

    1. I would not rule out a DPP attempt on Mia’s life. Njaunju’s brutal murder is still fresh in our mjnds

    1. He is representing MCP,after all if he is spending his own pocket money then i salute and give him a thump than someone using stolen money for the entire country.You don’t have a point also to be frank with you.

  12. So sad development.Had it been it was DPP harassing people or doing demos against the opposition the police could have been so excited.It’s a wind of change blowing every corner of Malawi like what happened in 1994 and the history will repeat by itself come 2019.You can bring your guns,pangas etc to intimidate us but we shall fight with you with our votes in the ballot boxes.FORWARD WITH OUR MALAWI Backwards with DPP!

  13. Stupid Mia. How do you go and distribute party cloth at a busy place and near FDH bank on a working day? Is this not recipe for chaos in town? Bravo the Police.

    Anyone who goes in town to distribute anything would cause mayhem as Malawians like free things. He should have invited his supporters to the party office or his home if they have organised structures. AMalawi akudyerani ndipo tidzaona povota.

    Assasination attempt? My foot!!!!!!

    2. That’s why we got so many stupid people in Malawi like you.As long as we have got fools like you this country will never go forward.Besides,you must go in other countries and learn 2-3 things then you will understand that our country is still behind in everything.

    4. You are lying Sande. Why should distributing something cause mayhem? And you fire at the people. Kkkkkkkkkkkkkk. Uchisilu basi. The police were showing their unprofessionalism. You do not fire at people just anyhow

  14. End of the road for the dpp thieves in Malawi mutha ngati makatani muilimboma. Nanga poti campaign sinayambe munyamuona.

  15. Let’s see what happens when Ben Phiri or Was Jefrey does the same thing to DPP supporters.
    It’s so humiliating to see our reformed police cower whenever the so-called cadets terrorize law abiding citizens. Shame!!!

    1. We have a stupid and partisan police in Malawi. Someone should even tell Jose Rodney that his officers are unprofessional. No wonder they are beaten by DPP supporters and do nothing! Ivyo vindere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. Stupid police fails to explain why they using taxpayers money for tear gas!
    Stupid Mia coming up with assassination claim !
    Shame on you! Political rallies on it’s lowest levels!

  18. No wonder CSOS doesn’t the DPP Acting Inspector General of Police, he is a Young Democrate heading what he still calls Malawi Police Force he doesn’t know that the police is now changed. What a shame to DPP’s administration ?

  19. The Mias house at Kabula was just a stone throw away. Osawaitanira Ku nyumba Kwao bwanji. Tsankho basi, chifukwa ndi akuda. Akanakhala makaladi akanaunjika pa ziboliboli? MCP chipani cha tsankho. Well done police!!! Use the law to deal with illegal gathering. Ngati anadzolowera illegal water connection, zao zimenezo.

  20. Are we real serious Malawians! Do we need to give people party cloth? What will it help them with? No wonder we are not moving forward at all. We waste time Togo and receive a party cloth, no work, just waiting for handouts. Can the cloth feed their children? No wonder politicians have taken us for granted to abuse us the way we can be abused, toast us to and for they way they like and we continue clapping hands for them. When they are in position they can’t come to,ziboliboli and greet you , you’re useless, they will be busy enjoying with their families. Why can’t he give them jobs at Cold storages which he has failed to run and wasandutsa storage ya anthu osunga zisululo, yet he is cheating us to say he will create jobs, find out how many people work at the old cold storage and how much he is paying them. Ooooh, my land Malawi and my people are being abused and they are busy clapping hands . Can you children dress the party cloth to school?Oh God what is wrong with our nation, always kuombera mfiti mmanja.

  21. cisankho ndi caka ca mawa. mia/bida siyani usilu omagawa nsalu zilibe ncito izi mukuononga ndalama apa. zisokonezo ai. kwafoletsa anthu mmizele kuzuzana basi.mufuna kusokoneza maganizo athu pa ma vote caka camawa

  22. Honorable Mia we don’t need that primitive politics as that of DPP.you can’t do that in the middle of the city during week day and working hours without even getting an approval from the bcc. Your actions caused unnecessary traffic jam. Please arrange that during week end and at proper places and time but not in the middle of the city during working hours.No
    And your police officers why shooting teargas to avery peaceful gathering? We know you are trying to please your masters but thas very un called for and un proffesional, was it that had to ask Mr Mia to leave the place in peace?your job is to serve and not to use force

    I cry for my malawi.

  31. No freedom of association yet the police were informed of the gathering celebrating twenty five of democracy is mere lipservice why hounding the opposition membership?

    1. People should not be missed by the media.Mia was distributing party material inside the fence opposite Blantyre post office and this place was safe because it is outside the main road and general public.The police did not intervene because that was a private function at a hired place
      The police intervened when Sadik Mia went to pa ziboliboli thus central Blantyre because the same people who were opposite the post office started following Mr Mia causing traffic jam in central Blantyre it was at this time that the police acted to disperse the people
      Nothing to do with DPP but public order.Mr Mia must stop being disorderly
      to create wrong perception against DPP
      This is cheap politics

      1. How did disorderly coming from here since you seems to know better than everyone who are blaming the act of the police.Were those people marching or breaking things?Why the police were following MIA anyway?And who is doing cheap politics here,the MCP or DPP?

  32. what puzzles me with you malwian politicians is that today you are complaining of unfair treatment by police.but come tomorrow when in power you are going to do the same with opposition.look at mbc.the same story.malawians please lets not just use the head inorder to separet the ears.

    1. Liar!
      It’s only DPP CADETS at MBC who do that, of course upon instructions from their selfish masters. The evidence is plain and simple. During JB’s reign ‘makiyolobasi’ and other HATE speeches were stopped at MBC. APM himself participated in a presidential debate like any other aspirant at that time

  33. Whether you like it or not the wheels of change have started moving. DPP took this country for granted and you forget that DPP was not there when we fought for change in 1993.

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