Police arrest passenger over traffic cop assault
Malawi Police in Blantyre have arrested one person in connection to the assault of police officers in Chilomoni on Saturday.
A video clip of a minibus passenger grabbing a bruised traffic officer went viral over the weekend as another passenger and another traffic officer joined the fray amid shouts from other passengers.
Blantyre police spokesperson Augustus Nkhwazi said a Mazda bongo minibus registration number BU 4645 which was heading to Blantyre city from Chilomoni was stopped and booked for an offence of exceeding seating capacity.
“While the driver and conductor of the minibus were very cooperative with the law enforcers, passengers behaved differently.
“Two of the passengers pounced on our officers, manhandled them and confiscated key which the officers had collected from the driver as they ordered the passengers to board another bus,” Nkhwazi said.
He said after the scuffle, the two suspects escaped.
Nkhwazi said later on Sunday, one suspect, Trevor Mtepele, 38 of Siyasiya village, traditional authority Chigaru in Lirangwe, Blantyre was arrested.
“He is expected to appear in court soon to answer charges of assaulting police officers whilst on duty,” said Nkhwazi.
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If i were the head of Police i would be concerned by the comments of citizens under this article. Revisit how you go about doing your work. No one is impressed by thieving by your officers. Don’t hide under tree leaves, stir confidence into citizenry. it can be done. Some African countries have zero tolerance on corruption and it works and it is working, why not Malawi? Willingness of leadership makes the whole difference. Malawi is perhaps one country in Africa where you see more traffic cops in any given route than any other. Its a milking exercise in the name of traffic law enforcement. Is traffic law the only one that needs to be enforced? Who enforces the law on public urination and littering because we live in dirty cities in Malawi. Why not have officers that watches over cleanliness. The Lilongwe old town is pig style, you mean authorities don’t see that. I would be ashamed to be called mayor of Lilongwe/Blanytre with the dirty surroundings around me. Make the Police work for their money, some even stopped washing and ironing their uniforms.Poor Leadership select people on merit.
My observation was that the Policemen as usual were abusive and overzealous in manhandling the citizens who obviously felt they had a right to defend themselves. Police are not above the law.
A police khalidwe alibe, maka recent recruits zazikazi they are rude arrogant and confrontational even to a point of provocation
Wamangidwabetu!!!
Mbamva za anthu a polisi awa. They deserve every minute of this.
They deserve it, they are theives
These traffic cops are fools. They do not do their wok professionally
Angowagawirabe makofi chifukwa walowera kuba chimene akufuna ndi usosi basi asa azithibulidwa akawauze anzawo asiye khalidwe lopusa
The video showed that they were the ones anamukwenya passanger nde lero akuti manhandling police hahahahha chifukwa choti wakunthumula asaaaah komaso. A police awiri failing to manhandle a civilian. Iyi ndi ndeu yomwe a police akunthidwa so lets stop saying kuti wakuntha a police as if sanayambitse nda policewo. Apolice amati amutole amupange abuse momwe apangila anthu ena kungoti a police akunthidwa in the process nde kalililo kake ati amumange hehehehhe. Police inali ya ngwazi basi ndaonera awawa. Dziko ndi anthu ake. Ambuye kabwerani dziko lanu linalowa mbola ziphuphu ndi tipex.
Awawa atopesa ntchito ndi kubela anthu ndikugula galimoto zawo basi. azimenyedwa choncho basi
What we see in Malawi are more traffic police officers than crime prevention policemen. They don’t care whether the passengers are on a hurry or not. The driver can pay the fine and Given GR only to meet another set of police officers 3 kilometres who will cliam that thet amount paid for the GR was less. Now the question is Do these traffic police officers use different laws and fines?
Why confiscate the keys instead of following the right procedure.
Amayerekedwa kwambiri a Traffic nthawi zina ndipo atengerepo phunziro. Anzanu amalasidwa ndikuphedwa kumene inu muli ndi mwayi kambama chabe nkachaninso?
May you explain to me, why are you using this name?
Its only MDF and the judiciary who are professionals not these cadets!
dziko lavunda basi
No respect to our forces because of mtambo
kkkkkk makapokola avuta maningi manje wafuna kupayiwa basi
Job well done.There is no section which allows police officer to confiscate car keys or get a driver’s licence.Malawi police especially traffic take people for granted and they intimidate driver’s.They are also very corrupt from top and those on the road are just pons.At times I wonder seeing a very senior officer busy stopping cars and begging on the road instead of being in office working on administrative things.Achita bwino kumukanthamula.
Zitsiru za MCP ndi UTM
Nde simunati yawo ndiyopanga control traffic violations osati kulanda ma keys. Pali malamulo ake. Nde simunatitu zilandani ma keys azikukunthani choncho