HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGED TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED POLICE TO SLAY SUSPECTS IN THEIR CUSTODY
The do-nothing Human rights commission must take keen interest in the slaying of suspects in cold blood by the police.
The explanations given by the Zambian police does not add up and there is a danger that innocent lives might have been put down.
We must hold everyone accountable for their actions. The mere fact that the victims have been criminalized is not good enough a reason to believe the statement issued by the police.
The credibility of the Zambian police is tainted and is synonymous with lies and deception.
What is inconceivable is why in the first place the suspects after being arrest had to be taken to a hideout and secluded spot where the killings took place.
In an ideal situation the suspects should have been taken to a police station for detention and the subsequent commencement of investigations.
What if I suppose and allege that the suspects might have been gunned down after failing to produce what was demanded from them?
In a nutshell we must all reject and condemn this kind of policing that takes away the life from a suspect Willy nilly. This conduct by the police gives way to speculation.
I doubt that there was any real danger posed to police officers that warranted the use of such disproportionate force against the defenseless citizens.
Certainly something is amiss here requiring further investigations.
It is double standards to assert that capital punishment is abolished on one hand and then savagely taking away life from suspects through extrajudicial killings.
The disproportionate use of force by the police and the extrajudicial killings of suspects has got to stop forthwith. Suspects should be accorded the opportunity to be brought before court.
In order to bring finality in this suspicious slaying of suspects, We call for a thorough and expeditious investigation in this matter.
Nasson Msoni
President
All Peoples Congress APC
The old man needs to go for a brain check up, maybe it has stopped working and has stopped thinking. What human rights is he talking about when the UN Rapporteur was recently in Zambia. You mean all those lies you told her about Zambia were not enough? And how many extra judicial killings have you recorded before and after she left?0
everything in Mother Zambia is being weaponized for political expediency.
So for this man it was ok for those thieves to Rob people? Does he think challenging armed police officers was ok? So according to him those robbers should have been free to flee ?
The investigation should date back to PF time because this was the time when we witnessed brutal killings.
The Chinese man who was killed after being thrown out of the vehicle, no one cared for his life.