YAS pens heads of security agencies for not apprehending ant-demo ruthless thugs
Cc:General Paul Valentino Phiri, Commander, Malawi Defense ForceChairperson, Defense & Security Committee of ParliamentHon. Zikhale Ng’oma, Minister of Homeland SecurityHon. Titus Mvalo, Minister of JusticeHon. Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda, Attorney GeneralChairperson, Malawi Human Rights CommissionGRAVE CONCERN OVER POLICE INACTION DURING VIOLENT ATTACK ONPEACEFUL PROTESTORS IN LILONGWEDear Madam,Youth and Society (YAS) is compelled to raise an urgent concern regarding the violent incident that unfolded yesterday in Lilongwe, where armed individuals wielding pangas, allegedly affiliated with the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP), launched a brutal attack on peaceful protestors who had assembled to exercise their constitutionally protected rights to assembly and expression. Most disturbingly, officers of the Malawi Police Service were present but took no action to intervene and prevent the violence, allowing the assault to continue without any attempt to protect the protestors or to restore order.
