The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has come under heavy criticisms for shielding a Lebanese businessman suspected of shooting his worker identified as Dave Tsogolera.
The criticism come barely days after a another police officer in the capital Lilongwe shot dead a fitness trainer who failed to pay for a bottled water at Gateway Mall.
According to media, the worker was sent to look for casual workers to remove lock who were damaged at the warehouse of the Lebanese national in Limbe.
While there, it is reported that a disagreement after another Asian origin man found them outside the warehouse with tools.
The casual worker later left after getting tired of waiting for Akar and Akar invited Tsogolera to his house.
According to Tsogolera, at the house, on Jul 31, he was first to arrive and when Akar arrived, he briefly spoke to his wife and later took a gun, something which did not surprise Tsogolera because he knew about the gun.
Akar then told Tsogolera to get into his car and after they got out of Akar’s compound, Akar allegedly took the gun and pointed it to Tsogolera’s head.
“I got frightened and bowed my head as such Akar’s bullet missed my head. I managed to get out of the vehicle and while I was running away, Akar shot several times and a bullet hit my leg.
“However, I managed to climb over a fence of a neighboring house. There, a woman gave me water to wash my wound and I used my shirt to stop the blood,” Tsogolera said.
He later used a bicycle taxi to go to police and report the incident but surprisingly he found Akar at the same police station where Akar had reported that he (Akar) shot a suspected criminal and the criminal had run away.
In a statement released yesterday, MPS has urged people in the country to desist from circulating information they do not have full facts to avoid creating false illusion of insecurity in the country.
But the statement has attracted cricisms from all corners as it defends the Lebanese national.
Rashid KingZasha Kachule wrote: “Just the way I envisaged. Police cannot be on the side of the poor when the rich is involved. Just like how the law is applied. The word of the poor before these two institutions is just noise while that of the rich is considered factual.”
Another concerned citizen identified as Andrew Remnant Kachitsa wrote: “A rich “shoot to kill” suspect given a bail whilst a 19 year old boy found in possession of “chamba” kilograms denied a bail and sentenced within a blink of an eye…justice paja mwat et…anyway, there is God in heaven…Daniel 2:28”
Sindi Damiano wrote: “We don’t trust police anymore too much corruption.”
