Soldiers torture civilian for wearing camouflage clothes: Malawians ask govt to intervene
Malawians on social media have asked government through to ensure soldiers at Cobbe Barracks in Zomba who assaulted , abused and tortured a young civilian man for wearing a camouflage clothes should be be taken to task for acts of indiscipline.
Images of a young boy injured for putting on a military camouflage has gone viral on social media.
Many Malawian complain that soldiers are rarely punished for excesses.
One person namely John Kasako commented: “Why do our soldiers take the law in their hands.This is a democratic nation not a military nation and this is a shame to see soldiers who are supposed to protect their citizens busy butchering them.”
Another one Funny Kanthu said, “So these soldiers are above Malawi’s law that they can torture this innocent boy for putting on a military attire.Why not following proper procedures rather than beating him like that.”
Another one wrote:” This is sad. This is too much.”
The boy is alleged to have been forced to sleep outside and without food. It is reported that he ie battling for his life.
Wearing camouflage clothing is a sensitive issue in Malawi because criminals have often worn camouflage clothing either to carry out robbery or impersonate soldiers for other criminal purposes.
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The true story behind the beating is that .. the person who has been badly beaten is a person who wore a millitary uniform and then he would go into the barrack and then he would steal things from different families … Finally he was caught stealing hence he was beaten monga mmene tichitila tikagwila wakuba
Don’t give us difficult life here in our country,South Africa and Malawi it’s different
We need to know our dressing code
Umbuli a army,kuipa kwake mabwana aku army ambiri ndi mbulinso
Wa army angazipange izi ku America????wa Police alindimphavu koposa asilikali. When the government changes aziwunike bwinobwino
In Malawi since I was born,a civilian not allowed to wear camouflage pliz,to contthieves,ocmouflageyoulour
Every where anthu amavala kunonso South Africa pple wear it without being toutoched umbuli
Most of our soldiers have never been to war as Malawi is a peaceful nation. To make up for the scarcity of wars they resort to attacking civilians. Why kind of an army do we have. I bet most of them are not recruited fairly. They have connections within the army. Gone is the disciplined army we had under Kamuzu. These multiparty soldiers are nothing but hooligans. They care less where to show the savagery, be it at a football match, or in the streets.
Its sad to see those solders supposed to protect civilians but they’re abusing, assaulting them. They forget that that uniform is Malawians, I don’t understand why they are so untouchable, they break the law anytime it suits them.
Is it illegal to wear camouflage clothing in your country? if yes why is it then on the market? JSCE soldiers.
Umbuli ndi omwe unakula pakati pa masavage amenewa, next time mukakafanso ku DRC Ife sitizakumverani chisoni koma tizapha mbuzi kuotcha kumwera bibida
That’s the trouble when you employ DINDERHEADS who do not understand what they’re supposed to do. They think they are above the law. That’s an offence committed against an innocent Malawian and they should be prosecuted. I sometimes get embarrassed to call myself Malawian. That cannot happen here in Europe.
Kulibe lamulo loletsa munthu kuvala camouflage. Asilikali muzipanga kwa anthu osadziwa omwewo. Enafe mudzayelekeze muzapita kumanda time yanu isanakwane. Dzakubwezerani ena azatengerapo lesson……..
the best way is not allow anyone to wear comouflage even the soildiers only those who are on duty
Court Marshal ikufunika pamenepa. Staff Sergeant Military Police akuwoneka pa picture apa ayenera akuyenera demotion to private rank
Mfana uyuyu atafunsidwa amageya mwano kuti iyeyo ndi “mwana wa adad” ma soldier sangapange naye chirichonse. Ndiye uli iwe ungatani uli opanga defend dziko, including ka dad’ko, ndiye wina adzikugeyera mwano chomwecho? A Malawi ena mmamvetsa chisoni kumabakira zopusa. Ndi chake ena mpaka kusiya zochita zawo nkumapita mmiseu “free Bushiri”. Kumene amapalamula mmamutuma ndiinu? Mutsutsike.
Sizikugwirizana, we are reacting to the contents of the news as it is, and not what is not in the news. Za adadizo nd I ZANU zimenezo but putting on camo is no crime. Someone needs to understand this.period
Really
I am sure you are one of the soldiers! Please be informed, there is no law in Malawi, even around the world, loletsa ma civilian kuvala camouflage! Mwasala ndi mtima wa MCP agalu inu!
Those of you who feel the soldiers are stupid, go ahead wear your comoufrage and go to Barracks tione kuti mukabwerako bwanji
Ndizimene tikunenazo zimenezo. Kungozolowera kuopsyeza nasi. Soldiers, even in armed hot zones of the world understand this.even in non democratic countries. Don’t hide behind a uniform, accept there’s need for civilization there
No one here says soldiers are stupid. This is a decent discussion
That is a stupid comment.
Really, OK honestly speaking, Malawi does not pass for a democratic nation, it is a chaotic nation where anybody who bestows power unto him/herself can do things the way he wants without the laws taking its course.
Kodi inu mukuzitenga ngati ndani! Ukuchita kunena kuti if u think soldiers are stupid continue putting on camouflage’, very pathetic indeed! Ndi zimene tikunena Pano kuti ndinu asilikali osalira, anzanu kunjaku saterooo! And u should be ashamed kuti you are still backward!
These are fucken stupid idiots soldiers, anyway everyone knows that Malawi soldiers are very pathetic. How can you beat poor man like that simply because he put camouflage u have military police in your department why don’t you take proper procedures!? This is all you can do? Well now wonder once you go to peace keeping u come back in the confine idiots.
Inunso valani camofrage wanu mupite ku Cobbe mukaonetse kuchenjera kwanuko
Stupid comment, again.
Nkhanitu ndi standard 8, basi! Ndiye when we are in uniform we think tili pamwamba pa malamulo.
Uninspired valani gown yanu mupite ku Queens ko tiwone ngati surgery yokha mukakwanitsa. You are saying nonsense because the boy is a nobody in your society. He has no name, he has no money. When villagers burn a police unit, you say mob justice, when soldiers mercilessly beat an innocent man, you say it is OK. What a chaotic country. The problem is big than what meets the eye. 90% of our soldiers, just like the majority of the populace, are semi illiterate. As such laws do not work in such a chaotic nation. The laws say you cannot personify a police officer or a Malawi army soldier. This means you cannot put on the uniforms branded with Malawi Police logos or Malawi Army logos except on an artistic form. You are performing arts, or you are performing music.
And to make it even more pathetic, there’s a military police officer behind the boy in the first pic. One thing about successful military operations I know in future, they will need civilian support. Maybe they aren’t aware. Talk to ur men and women.
The MDF soldiers are bunch of cowards and assholes
These are not
VERY PATHETIC
Stupid soldiers. Get a life.
Asilikali ambiri ku Malawi kuno ndi MBULI hence they don’t think when doing things. Why cant they just confiscate the attire than beating him – USAWI basi
I think soldiers of Malawi should learn to be civilized. Camos are made by civilian companies and soldiers buy the for their personal use as any other customers. So unless the guy was impersonating a military then that is when it becomes a problem. In some countries in Africa like nearby Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, putting on camo is not a problem.
This guy was saying ndi mwana wa dad, what tge fuck? The soldiers did the right thing
It is a primitive and naïve behavior of our Defense Force. After all why institutionalizing such a malpractice. At least the Defense Force could have stepped in to condemn this bullish behavior of the soldiers. Well, had it been the victim was caught misbehaving or intended to impersonate the army to perform malicious acts, I would have applauded the soldiers for their actions. But in this case, the soldiers are wrong, they need to be identified and be brought to book. Mind you, even Police officers have got the same tendency, such that we are even afraid to buy and put on camouflage head caps for fear of being attached by our law enforcers. But we have to accept that we are living in a democratic nation.
Even if he was planning to do malicious acts and was found they needed not to beat the young man. They should have taken him to police to handle that as criminal case or whatever. Are we saying only soldier can beat up a suspect and get away with it. That’s nonsense; soldier or not we are all supposed to be under the law of Malawi. Amenewa agwidwe basi!!
The story is one sided. This guy was was boasting that ndi mwana wa adadi….. asaaa. a news musamabise nkhani . Anamuchita bwino.
So what ??? Its not a reason enough to take the law in your own hands ,they are very stupid
How relevant is that to the soldiers’ savage actions?
This is indeed the unbecoming of our soldiers. It is true the boy was wrong. But what the soldiers did is gravely wrong and barbaric. Normal procedures should be followed. The boy may have worn it not for criminal purposes but for admiring the profession as many youth does the same. This is deplorable for our military. Plz act as humans.
No the boy was never wrong. Which law prohibits one from wearing camo? If the boy was impersonating, thats another case for the police and courts to handle. His is a democracy for Malawi’s sake. Be civilized.
Za nthawi ya kamuzu basi. Camo is not included in protected names, emblames etc.
No, Salvages must be punished.Freedom of attire. What does the law say about military attire?I thought these attires are down by civilian.They were once civilians too
A prophet Mboro kukamwa konyasako,bambo panda nzeru
Savage NOT salvage
To us Malawians, “salvage” is the same as “savage”. We have our own English language.
Tisiyeni.