Police assault man over wee allegations
A 39-year-old man is in agony in hospital after he was allegedly assaulted by the head of the CID police in Mwanza for allegedly urinating within the vicinity of the district police station.
Edwin Mkutumula had gone to Mwanza police station to see a relation who was arrested but just before he met the suspect relation, he went around his vehicle to wee.
He was spotted by the head of the CID at the station who arrested him and assaulted him heavily that he is now admitted to hospital because of the injuries he sustained during the assault.
Kaunda said worse still, the police denied him a police report to go to hospital to seek medical attention.
The matter comes at a time of increased police brutality in the country under Inspector General of Police Rodney Jose, just days after health workers in Kasungu protested against the assault of the Kasungu district nursing officer by the police.
This also comes amid reports that the police from Area 30 and Dowa were intimidating and bullying a 14 year old girl and her mother to withdraw the teenage’s claim that she was raped in police custody by a police officer.
Mwanza police officer-in-charge Patricia Mkutumula feigned ignorance on the matter when asked.
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I condemn the brutality but Malawians should learn basic hygiene. You can’t be urinating anywhere. Savages?
I want to know, has the vicinity of the police unit some toilets where people can relieve themselves from? If ‘YES’ then we can accuse the man but if the police unit has no toilets, then it was unfair treatment
What do you expect from a Police whose head is also a killer??
This has nothing to do with Rodney Jose, amangwetu zoona kumakoza paliponse? tizasiya liti?
Yes analakwa kukodza malo olakwika but the issue here is for harassment. Should police act in such way they find such people. The answer is NOOOO. I have seen a lot of places in town where people urinate coz one of the reason is they can not afford to use a pay out toilet because they don’t have money. The police should not take the law into their own hands because of their job, let us civic educate the people if this trend is to stop. And to comment on this particular issue I have never seen police stations having… Read more »
While police is becoming more and more cruel everyday komanso anthu tiphunzile decency, just urinating anywhere?really!!!
These police idiots are SAVAGES. Area 18 police station is the worst. I am speaking from experience. They are SAVAGES!!! I will revenge one day!
Ndiye ku 18 kuli ka pinch sized female police officer kamakonda kukhala mapa robots apa area 10 kamavala magalasi kakafupi kamunthu kameneka kundigwila akuti kawona botolo lamowa mu galimoto ndiye ndikumwa mowa ndati shupiti ndikukwata ndisiye
A president tiyankhuleni please. Are We safe or not? Peter is proving to be More than a scrap in contunueing to remain silent on eroding Police professionalism. Analysts forewarned against appointment of Jose as IG, the results are now there for all of us to see.