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Mclan Kanyang’wa, 30 July 2004
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About six police officers on Thursday afternoon beat up a clinical officer in attendance at the emergency ward of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (Qech) barely 24 hours after Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Uladi Mussa told journalists police have made significant achievements in its core functions.
The police officers currently in custody for assault were on their way to Chileka International Airport escorting Vice President Cassim Chilumpha when they picked a road accident casualty from Bangwe to Qech for treatment at the emergency ward, eye witnesses said.
The witnesses said the police officers boarding police vehicle registration number MP1715 had exceeded the stopping limit at the ward’s receiving bay when clinical officer Gibrey Sangala requested them to move a bit.
The officers started showering insults at the clinical officer before they thoroughly beat him up.
All hospital staff, including the hospital director who was at the scene, were in a state of shock, disbelieving what they had scene.
Efforts to resuscitate the casualty identified by hospital officials as Austin Makhala, 30, failed as he was reported dead several minutes later, according to a hospital official. The official said before he died the deceased identified himself as a policeman.
Police Public Relations Officer Willie Mwaluka said the police officers are in custody and that the Inspector General of Police Joseph Aironi has directed that they be put on charge with immediate effect.
“The police does not condone officers who do not follow ethical conduct,” he said, adding that the officers will be tried soon.
Mussa told journalists in Blantyre Wednesday the police service has made significant achievements in a number of its core functions.
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