We inherited a dysfunctional police service, says Thabane
MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says he inherited a “dysfunctional police” from the government of former premier Pakalitha Mosisili.
The Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) has hogged the limelight for the wrong reasons for the past two weeks after three crime suspects died at the hands of the police under controversial circumstances.
The police have admitted the suspects died during “interrogation”.
Critics have however accused the LMPS of committing serious human rights violations in the name of fighting crime.
On December 28, a Butha-Buthe man was beaten to death by the police during an interrogation while his companion was admitted to hospital with serious injuries.
A man also died at the hands of the police at Pitso Ground Police Station sometime between December 29 and early January.
Then late last week a 22-year-old man also died in police custody in Mafeteng district during interrogation.
Thabane on Tuesday blamed poor management for the rising cases of indiscipline and a string of civil claims against the LMPS.
“A deteriorating and dysfunctional police is the legacy I’ve inherited from the previous administration and the onus is on me to straighten out the police once and for all,” Thabane, who is also Minister of Police and Public Safety, said.
“The main reason I chose to preside over the police ministry was so that I could revive it and ensure that it executes its primary mandate of working for the public as a proper and functional law enforcement outfit.”
The premier said the police ministry had been incapacitated after some senior officials were suspended for alleged corruption.
“They have appeared before the DCEO (Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences) and their cases are before the courts of law. You cannot just go and fill those posts even though there’s no satisfactory explanation as to why the cases are not being quickly attended to,” Thabane said.
“The management structure is not proper and you cannot run an organisation like that. I believe we can find an administrative cure for some of the issues involved so that management can execute its duties.”
Thabane admitted that there was a plethora of civil claims against the police which had been decided by the courts of law but that the LMPS was still to settle.
“This has been the case since the previous government and this led to the neglect of the ministry’s debts emanating from civil claims settled by the courts,” Thabane said.
Thabane said the plan was for the police to settle moneys related to civil claims and whittle them “down to zero”.
Thabane said the department had been neglected, especially by former Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s administration.
Lesotho’s premier said the Mosisili administration neglected all aspects of the police and failed to prioritise its needs for it to perform its functions properly.
A meagre annual budget over the years, Thabane maintained, also contributed to the crisis within the police.
“Apart from the fact that people were dragging their feet when police issues had to be dealt with, the budget was also not prioritised but that’s about to change,” Thabane said.
The premier also revealed that he was working on a strategy to revamp the police service.
“I took time over the Christmas holidays to meditate and come up with a plan to rejuvenate the police service. Soon I will share with the media our plans on the way forward,” Thabane said.
On November 28, 2012, Police Commissioner Kizito Mhlakaza also admitted during Thabane’s maiden visit as premier to the Police Training College that the LMPS was facing a plethora of disciplinary cases and civil claims.
The police commissioner said the cases were “not only alarming to members of the public but also distressing to the organisation as a whole”.
“They are all activities that destroy our peace and the good repute of our country,” Mhlakaza said.
Mhlakaza added that the LMPS had taken strides in the last eight months to achieve “dramatic reduction in all disciplinary cases following the establishment of roving courts across the country”.
Justice Minister Haae Phoofolo could not be reached for comment as his mobile phone was on voicemail.
This paper could also not solicit a comment from Mhlakaza over the recent spate of deaths as his mobile phone rang unanswered on the several occasions that he was called.
Thuso Ramabolu, a human rights lawyer with the Transformation Resource Center (TRC) and Head of the Human Rights Commission for the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), says the civic society is aware of the spate of human rights violations by the police.
“We strongly condemn the violation of human rights and acts of police brutality. We undertake to go all out to ensure that police undergo training courses on human rights,” Ramabolu said.
“The cure will be for the police to adhere to principles of human rights in the execution of their duties. They should receive extensive training on human rights.”
He added: “As civil society we’re not opposed to the police enforcing the law, but it should be within established and internationally standardised human rights.”
Ramabolu said, the fact that Lesotho has signed conventions and protocols both regionally and internationally to respect human rights “should be reason enough for the police to observe human rights more”.
Comment by 'Mankete on 10 January 2013:
Bequething the police in the LMPS with “extensive human rights training” is not a solution to the root of the problem, ‘efficient investigation’ which obviously lacks at the institutions PTC. Yes, the police should be armed with fair knowledge of human rights, but they should be taught how to approach their daily tasks and duties at a more intellectual level. Interrogation should have its feet firmly planted in psychology and logical reasoning and not this horrific path of fatal torture that our LMPS has pursued since the beginning of time.
Comment by SEOLI on 10 January 2013:
LEPONESA MOTHUSI MOTSOALLE-FUCK THE POLICE FORCE WITH NO ETHICS,LACK SENSE of HUMOR,INHUMANITY,UNPROPERLY TRAINED COSC,FUCK.MERCILESS
Comment by Alexis on 10 January 2013:
There is a need to probe exactly when the police started to be ‘dysfunctional’. It is common knowledge that the current heirarchy in the LMPS was mainly a product of the Letooane administration. Who was the responsible Minister when Letooane was nominated for the position of COMPOL? As far as i can recall, corruption involving senior police officials became a norm during her tenure in office, and those that succeded her inherited that as the case involving in the corruption case of uniforms would bear testimony to this. During her tenure and her Minister’s tenure, were there any recorded brutalities? If not, then some people have clean hands and can begin to point fingers. Otherwise we need to sit down as a nation to look deep into the problem and stop personalising national issues. Who is responsible for policy making and implementation within Ministries/Departments? Is it the relevant Minister or the Prime Minister? What policies do we have relating to recruitment, training, retention and succession within the police service?
Comment by Watchdog on 10 January 2013:
What do we expect from a police minister administration who does not respect the rule of law?
Dear PM, you did a serious mistake the time you had appointed that young boy from sea point as a minister.
PM watch your back.The boy is already distroyed your administration.
Comment by ABC LCD BNP on 10 January 2013:
YES INDEED EVERY SECOND, MINUTE,HOUR,DAY,WEEK,MONTH YEAR YOU WILL POINT YOUR FINGER AND BLAME MOSISILI, BUT YOU CANT FOOL US ALL!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Maru-mats'o on 10 January 2013:
People who have not been touched directly by the brutality of Lesotho Police will pontificate and theorise about something they know little about. I have a couple of relatives and friends who were badly tortured by the heartless Lesotho Police. Let’s not dillydally about this, it is a known fact in Lesotho that police torture suspects badly and nothing is done about these cowardly acts. It is unfortunate that PM is blaming the previous government of which not so long ago, he was the member and the Minister of Home Affairs (now Police). Those follow news will recall that he personally sanctioned some of the extrajudicial acts against the so-called thieves, especially ‘animal thieves’, without following the due process of the law. Now he is getting the taste of his own medicine. Instead of preaching professionalism and ethical conduct within the police, it was his trademark to use intimidating and inflammatory language. Senseless talk must stop if we are to reform LMPS. Everybody should preach nonviolence and humane treatment of suspects. Lastly and most importantly, serious legal action must be taken against the perpetrators of inhuman treatment and torture. LMPS MUST BE REFORMED in line with today’s best practices.
If you think I’m making up my own story, read the story below, which I consider to be very irresponsible:
Thabane to crack whip on criminals
29 Nov 2012
By Bongiwe Zihlangu
MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane yesterday said his government will not rest until it has eradicated crime adding it “does not matter how we go about it”.
Thabane told Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) officers during his first official visit to the Police Training College since he assumed the reins that time had come “for us to discipline criminals”.
“We’re launching national campaigns to fight crime and will not rest until it has been eradicated. It does not matter how we go about and it’s none of the criminals and their mothers’ business,” Thabane said.
“Just the other day we were in Phororong in the Berea district to warn people against engaging in criminal activities.”
There are fears however that Thabane’s call could give licence to the police, accused in the courts of torture and human rights violations, to seek to crush crime while violating people’s rights. ….
Comment by S'bongile on 10 January 2013:
@Maru-mats’o
nna ke’a leboha ha u qotsitse taba tseo tsa 29 Nov 2012 hobane kajeno motho o bua tjena, hosane u bua ntho e fapaneng le’a maobane.
Comment by 'Mankete on 10 January 2013:
“Sechaba se tla tsohelana matla le sepolesa” -Molotsana-
Comment by ABC LCD BNP on 10 January 2013:
@ Maru-mats’o THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
Comment by choatlella on 10 January 2013:
training ea maples e mpe. ke phetho. in mafeteng what informed police to torture a brother to a suspect? why is torture still being used? the criminal community is now hardened because they know police resorts to torture whose evidence will not be admissible in court and with services of good lawyers and payment of bribes they will back on the street.
Comment by Oa Meleleng on 10 January 2013:
I am not familiar with civil service regulations but one wonders why senior police officials have been suspended for now close to 2 years on full pay without their alleged fraud cases being heard in court. Nevertheless why cann’t those senior police officials be afforded disciplinary hearings and if there is any wrong doing be dismissed and their positions be filled to stop this rot.
Comment by Letona on 10 January 2013:
Khele ke qala ho utloa ha sechaba se khalemela Tona-Kholo ea sona ka mokhoa ona, keep it up Basotho ba batle. Kea hlokomela hore some of you you are even members tsa ABC but you have all put your political affiliations aside. This is now democracy and I wish this could be how re shebang litaba ka teng ka mehla. Likhomo.
Comment by Tebatso Lempe on 10 January 2013:
@ Choatlella !!!!!!
My God !!!!! as for the “criminal community” Which one is this?
Comment by Oa Likoetseng on 10 January 2013:
@Maru Mats’o
Hore naa le mo qotsa kae? Neng? Ha se hona moo taba e leng teng.
“Batho baa sokang ba ameha lithlokofatsong tsa sepolesa ba keke ba utloisisa ha bobebe hore lithlokofatso tsena tsa Sepolesa ha lia loka”. Moo ke lumellana le oena.
Le ‘na ke re, Batho ba sokang ba hlokofatsoa ke litlokotsebe tsa Masholu, libiti le babolai le bona ba ke ke ba utloisisia ha bobebe hore lithlokofatso tsena tsa Sepolesa li lokile.
Ke ka hona le Molimo a ahileng thoko le Batho. Otla utloa Motho ha Pula etla a re ” Molimo ha asa nkhauhela ka hela Koro eaka” e mong ka nqena a re ” Oa bona ha eka ts’oela ts’oela”. Joale Molimo a mamele mang?
E nese feela ka moo o bonang Lekhoakhoa o ke ke oa qeta ha oka oa ea ka Batho. O tsebe ba bang batla o nyatsa le moo o entseng hantle hobane feela ba kibantsoe likelello ke lehloeo la Lipolotiki.
Comment by Mokoena on 10 January 2013:
Thabane ooeee, everything Mosisili, etsa mosebetsi oa hao o tlohelle ho its’oarelletsa ka ntho tseo re sa li utloing mona,alwys blaming batho ba bang on ur failures?puso hase mantloane, Tomase o batlile ho iponela ka hao mahlo…
Comment by ABCLCDBNP on 10 January 2013:
@Oa Likoetseng-HA KE UTLOE NA U LEKA HORENG??
Comment by ZULU on 10 January 2013:
It is painful to see a police name being dragged in the mud. It is because some people are not doing their jobs. Police is the national institute which needs to be treated as such. Appointment of top police officials is always controversial and one cannot expect them to take this organisation to the next level. Really a serious introspection needs to be done and restructuring is highly recommended.
Comment by choatlella on 10 January 2013:
@Tebatso. Ehlile ho na le professional criminals tse nang le mental tatics of surviving those torturous investigative methods. Ba tseba li-parameters tseo mapolesa a li shebang during torturing and use those loopholes. within 48 hrs their lawyers will have everything in their power to release them. once released it will be difficult for police to ‘re-arrest them because a court order resulting from torturous investigative methods will be in place.
Comment by Victim on 10 January 2013:
I have always refrained from taking part in the analysis of topics as presented in this section of comments. Today I felt the edge, the drive and the courage to do so, probably because I am a victim of the heinous deeds of the police. Every day in the news there is always a report about the police being involved in all sorts of illegal activities. If you are lucky they can only go as far as harassing and dehumanising you, like they did to me. But the less fortunate ones get maimed or at worst even loose their dear lifes during interrogations. Two months ago they came to my house under the false pretence that they were looking for drugs, counterfeit and guns, whereas their primary reason for being there was to appease an psychiatric patient gone AWOL at Mohlomi Hospital who lives in our community, who upon failing to comprehend how I acquired all the things I have, made a scatterbrain attempt to vilify my name by deliberately fabricating a story that the things I have were financed through unscrupulous, dubious and illegal means. The police as always, without shedding a single drop of their precious sweat trying to making investigations into the matter came running to my place, because they like ill-conceived and malicious allegations, leaving behind very urgent and important matters that required immediate attention on their desks.
Scrutator recently mentioned that the biggest problem with the police in this country is laziness; they passionately hate reading, let alone thinking. Had they applied their minds to that ill-conceived information, they could have not found the need to come to my place. Our solution to this heartless, brutal police will not come from a politician because even they too were victims not so long ago. We need a divine intervention, and God alone will save us.
Comment by Motlotsuoa on 10 January 2013:
You may qoute Thabane as much as you like but the truth is He at least , is able to acknowlege the mistakes of His administration and try to work on them unlike the mosisili`s administration who turned a blind eye to all the evils that affected the people. Re ea leboha lekhoakhoa oa sebetsa, tlohella bapolotiki bana ba khannoang ke lehloeo, ke hona o tla babusa hore……….
Comment by spantu on 10 January 2013:
@ Alexis nd Zulu,ke thebela tsela eeo le batlang ha litaba tsa sepolesa lika atameloang ka teng,hw cn a huge instition lyk lmps function wthout HR policies?esale MHlakaza n co. Ba lisuspenda khale koana.taba ea hore ntate o jele lefa la sepolesa se sasebetseng ke nnete,pusong e fitileng ha ea etsetsa sepolesa letho e kaba ka lisebelisoa le koetliso,hw cn we a morden police service wthout morden technology?ke ka hona mapolesa atla khakhatha batho hobatla linyeoe hona le ho etsa lipatlisiso hoba lisebelisoa ha lieo le koetliso ke ea boemo bo fatse.
Comment by choatlella on 10 January 2013:
@comment by Motlotsuoa.
Ke ‘nete ha ho sebetsoa liphoso tsona li tla ba teng. I understand Lekhoakhoa hantle. O ne a tla loants’a lisenyi tsee ka sepolesa sefe? he had to use the one inherited from previous administration. O ne a tlameha a bue hamonate ha a khalemela li-senyi. he has to talk tough. but the problem is the training of police and co-ordination between CID which is under represented and is the only body qualified to do criminal investigations. further co-ordination is also required with intelligence services. then the last important issue is a database so that suspects can better be profiled. those are important areas that need attention. Boholo ba nako these deaths are at the hands of inexperienced police that normally provide support. they are not even qualified to interrogate suspects. This is the loophole used by hardened criminals.
Comment by mojota on 10 January 2013:
Kore Thabane is jst a moegoe jst lyk those stupid so-called police officers. they r jst ignorant of hw 2 investigate al they knw is bit up people so that they wl end up saying they comitd crime they dd nt commit, this is very dsgustin, sis! phoaaaaa!
Comment by Goduka on 10 January 2013:
If one brings a new CEO to the company that is already in ruins and that new CEO blames the last CEO for the same problems that he was hired to redress then i think we have a problem. Like i always say the Police always follow thier own sub-culture not the Law so it is irrisponsible and pathetic of the PM not to deal with the problem firsthand instead try to settle a political score. apart from that we know police brutality was always gonna come as immoral as the last one.
Comment by fufu on 10 January 2013:
Motlotsuoa, hola hle o tlo be mohlala le ho bana ba hau! Ha re bue ABC kapa DC mona, re bua facts! Hao!
Comment by pere on 10 January 2013:
KE HONA RE TLA LESHAPA WENA BARENG O SEOLI SEKHOOANYANA SENA SA HAO SE TLA O FELLA RE TLA LE SHAPA HUREEEE KE HONA LETLA BOKOLLA
Comment by pere on 10 January 2013:
HO BONA LMPS CRIME EONA E TLAEA TLASE KA NKANE, KHELEK MASHODU KE MELIMO LESOTHO MONA HO BONA
Comment by Lai Thekhe - Motho a oa on 10 January 2013:
I sincerely wish the Honourable PM could stop blaming the previous administration because to many it sounds like a political excuse. He is a very brillient person who have the capacity to lead the country and excuses at this time will only let him down. I wish I was closer to advise him every time he make statements to the media.
Comment by Oa Likoetseng on 10 January 2013:
@ABCLCDBNP seo ke lekang ho se hlalosa ke hore Batho ha ba qete ho lla.
Lekhoakhoa le lokela ho tsamaea lipakeng ‘me le nke qeto tsee nepahetseng. Hore naa neng o ne a re eng? Ha se hona moo taba eleng teng. Re le Batho re ke ke ra khotsofala ka ho ts’oana, ebile haho ntho ee mpe e senang molemo. Ketso tseno tsee mpe tsa Mapolesa li ntse li tlisitse Molemo oo moholo toants’ong ea bo tlokotsebe.
Molimo o ne a bope Motho ha morao a ikoahlaea aba a mo felisa ka Moroallo oa metsi.
Haeba Ntate Tom o ne a re, Mapolesa a bolae Batho joalo ka ha Batho ba mo quota, ke phoso kae haeba a re Mapolesa ao a emise ho bolaea Batho?
Comment by Khomo ea Molatelle on 10 January 2013:
PM, re lebelletse hore u tsebe hore LERE LA TSEPE, ha le sa sebetsa Lesotho mona. PM, E BA LE LERATO LE THOLOANA EA MOEA HLE,ha u busa sechaba sena sa Basotho. RE FANE KA NGOANA EANENG A TSEKOA KE BASALI BA BABELI JOALE BUSA HLE TONA-KHOLO!!!!
Comment by the mountainkindom on 10 January 2013:
phatlalatsong ea hau bekeng e fetileng Dr Thabane, u itse basotho ba sekebe ba makala ke tsela eo mapolesa a tla felisa litlolo tsa molao kateng. ke moo joale re bonang batho ba senang molato ba bolaoa, banna ba metana libono le bashanyana, ntate u phatlalalitse qomatsi ka stile ka hara naha, ha u qeta u ts’oaea phoso Ntate mMosisili ea entseng mosebetsi oa hae. etsa oa hau u tlohele Mosisili, e hlile re batla ho u bona. ke ke mokhoa oa hau hore ha u le pusong batho ba bolaoe ntle le lipatlisiso.ha u tla tlohelisoa hoba letona la tsa lehae, u no theile ntja ea likhohlo u bolaea bao u ba bitsang masholu ka sehloho. pusong ea hau re lebeletse tse kholo ho feta mona. halala manasi halala
Comment by the mountainkindom on 10 January 2013:
o kae mokhatlo o mona oa bakreste, oa brother le morena, moporofeta, moashibishopo, mabitso ana a teng lefatseng kaofela, ha batho ba etsoa tjee ka hara naha eo ba phelang ho eona, likae lihlooho tsa likereke, ha hole tjena, ha banna ba meta bashanyana libono, ba kenya maleme ka mahanong a bashanyana, ba fecha bashanyana, ka mokhoa oa monna le mosali??? ka 1998 ene ele BCP le Manasi le Marema Tlou ba ileng ba chesa litoropo ka seo ba se bitsitseng sephetho. kajeno ke LCD le mefuta e mmeli ea manasi ba hlokofatsang le ho bolaea batho ka sehloho ka se bitsoang ho felisa litlolo tsa molao. halala manasi halala
Comment by Razmataz Mokorosi on 10 January 2013:
@Motlotsuoa his aknowledgements i see bt do they always have to come with the same old excuse of blaming the past government for everything now he is blaming them for tortures and killings done by police during his term as PM i think that the sooner he stops throwing around the blame game the better. Ntate Tom the ball is in your court unfortunately this is a singles game of tennis so if u fail u hv only urself to blame.
Comment by BTS on 11 January 2013:
The behavior of the police in this country is a big concern and must be corrected ASAP. It looks like our police are either not trained properly or they have turned into a monster that is terrorizing the country. It has become a norm for the police to torture the whole community after a crime was committed in the area, especially when a firearm was used to commit a crime. In Mafeteng, Matelile at Hasekhaupane village, police arrived there on the Christmas day and ordered the residents to assemble outside the village and separated them in age groups,then forced the elderly people to whip one another with a sjambok in turns,while they were torturing young ones at the nearby river. What a humiliation,sies. Police must do their job and stop behaving like a kangaroo court. This is a total disregard of human dignity at its worst, especially because they already knew the perpetrators before this unfortunate and inhuman behavior. Mr P M, don’t tell us you don’t know about this brutality on the law abiding citizens. You owe them an apology.
Comment by Maru-mats'o on 11 January 2013:
This is a sad for the country when people who should be upholding the law and defending their fellow citizens are the murderers of detained and defenceless suspects who pose no danger. Only a soulless coward would beat to death a fellow human being who is handcuffed. Truth be told, our present-day army understands its role far better than the police, following years of intensive transformation initiated by SADC forces. The police are still stuck in the past! There is an urgent need for a comprehensive retraining and transformation of Lesotho police if we are to be seen as a truly democratic, accountable and rule-based country that respects the fundamental human rights. This is precisely what our fallen freedom fighters sacrificed their lives for. May be the army can come in here and transfer their skills to the police because they seem to understand better these days what citizenship means, and the role of security forces in a democratic state.
Comment by Bahabile-Kae on 11 January 2013:
No ways Thabane we can listen to you stories any more,
Watch ur back, u cannt stop me when I say all
Act human rights violation and torture are influenced by
U!! Now u think we r stupid u blame Mosisili? Tloha
mona!!”@ Maru-mats’o re ya leboha for te evidence!
Transformation is needed to our people starting with
our current leaders! People r not animals ter4 tey cannot
Be treated similarly!! Instead of experiencing
improvements all we observe is worst!!!
Comment by S'bongile on 11 January 2013:
@Pere
monna kapa mosali tooe ua pota oa tseba? Ua pota.
While your damned police are busy trying to brutally force “suspects” to admit to the crime they never committed, the real criminals are happily roaming the streets again. Yes, that’s how stupid you and your police cronies are.
Police brutality needs urgent attention! Killing innocent people and leaving criminals to freely roam our streets is not a way to curb the rate of crime; ntlohelle nna ke u joetse.
Comment by the mountainkyndom on 11 January 2013:
lene le hane re le joetsa, eaba le re lona ka 1970 lene le le siko leke be la kopa ke ho joetsoa history. keo koeoko hee, history ea ipheta. botsang batho ba mafeteng ka metse ea eona ka ho fapana, ke hokae moo ho ka thoeng batho ba shapane, ha mapolesa a qeta ho tloha ho etsahale eng motseng moo? botsang batho ba ha makebe, ba metanang libono, batho ba malimong ba hana ho bona le light ea phono, baa baleha motseng, ba ilo robala likhohlong, mahaheng le lithabeng. jole TK o hlaha medieng a sola mmuso oa Mosisili, eo a tsebang hantle hore eena akebe a hlaha a ikarabella hobane o mokoaletsa media. halala manasi halala! halala national LCD halala!
Comment by chehe on 11 January 2013:
WELL WELL WELLL lea polotika le tlohetse papali! le latile le tsa 1970 koaaaa!H oja la toaba moo taba eleng teng
Comment by Lefefooane on 11 January 2013:
The reason why our LMPS always resorts to torture is merely because of poor training. Poor training. The level and type of training at PTC will not help us any how. Those guys are trained to run and run and run. Next they are trained to ride horses, thus be mounted. next they are trained on how to torture suspects finally tey are trained on how to collect/solicit bribes alias terinki.
Comment by MOKETE MOLEKO on 11 January 2013:
KE YONA TEBOHO HARE U KHETHILE NTATE,RE BOLAISE MASOLE LE MAPOLESA COZ KE BONA BA U KHETHILENG BA LE BANG.LCD HA E KA MPA YA KOPANA LE DC.
Comment by Sekho on 11 January 2013:
Perhaps i should think LMPS is given a ” shoot to kill principle” this is wht these fuck’n police now enjoy in our small township of mt moorosi. A man was shot to death by a drunk police who forcefully demanded a sun cigarrete frm the victim on 26 dec 2012. During the new year’s eve, a group of police was officially send to instruct bar owners to withhold their servises to the public who drank peacefully. Police broke the peace by shooting damaging people’s vehicles and assaulting people with shamboks. The kind of policing and security is a definate crippling weakness which will take many lifes if quelled.
Comment by Phoka-li-maotong on 12 January 2013:
MONGHALI SELETE EO ELENG MOTLATSI OA MOOKAMELI OA SEPOLESA (ASS, COMPOL) – MASERU, KE LE LENG LA MAPOLESA A BOOKAMELING BA SEPOLESA EMPA EA SE NANG MAKHABANE A BOOKAMELI, EA PUTLAMISITSENG LMPS.
Comment by ..... on 14 January 2013:
Mapolesa a Mohale’s Hoek ka li 31 ba betile mosali a tauoeng motseng o pela Paul VI, Taung.
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Comment by selomo on 14 January 2013:
Che empe peo ea sepolesa sa Lesotho, tjotjo, lipeto, lipolao, bosholu o ka li bolela kaofela. Hela le o chabetse Lekhoakhoa kajeno re supa oena ha maobane oena le babang le ne le supa Mosisili, halala ono itse ho tlaba joang.
Comment by lekula on 14 January 2013:
LMPS is administered by monna le mosali/nyatsi joale ha ho eletsanoe, PM qhala serankana seno with immediate effect!
Comment by molomo mosehlanyana on 15 January 2013:
kempa kerata hobuoa ka hore leha leka la buoa lipuo tsa mehlolo ka tona kholo mapolesa kapa litloli tsa molao hafela baetapele bapuso ea kopanelo hoohle kahara naha basa etse bo’nete bahore botsamaisi ba lihlooho tsa makala keba ‘muso olitulong molemong oa tsamaiso ephethahetseng haho ntho etla loka,
Mohlala karolo ekholo ea DC ke baokameli makaleng hokenyeletsa lebo dispol joale ebe hosebelisanoa hampe ele ho ferekanya sechaba puso babusi ele holoanela sekola senkiloeng keba pusong
PM akeke a supa bohlasoa ka khomo pere kapa tonki otlameha ho supa motho ea bo entseng etle ere haa bohleka ebe letseba hantle hore keha aqala ho pepisa thokolosi thoto ea eona a entsa ka methokho motseng
Lentse le e tsa bo halala manasi lebapele baho hloepha mamina lere bana ba basotho bafelloa ke mesebetsi
Comment by Tlotlisang on 15 January 2013:
This is just an excuse given by the PM, because LMPS has failed during his tenure of office, therefore he and his colleagues in the coalition government should find ways to tackle this issue.
Comment by Mpho on 15 January 2013:
helele lona!!!!
Comment by Born to kill on 15 January 2013:
“Critics have however accused the LMPS of committing serious human rights violations in the name of fighting crime.”
Are these criminals and thieves not committing serious crime against the innocent Basotho? Are these criminals not violating our human rights also when stealing our property and when illegally entering our houses during midnight to steal our stuff and end up killing our beloved ones in front of us? CRIMINALS must be tortured to death as they don’t have mercy to us.
CRIMINALS can just kill you in front of your children showing no mercy at all. I do support the Police to torture these brutal criminals to death. We are sick and tired of these dangerous criminals in this country. They rape and kill women and children in this dirty country. We want Police to continue torture these thugs to death. Criminals do all these inhumane crimes because they know Lawyers, Magistrates and Judges are supporting them in this country, claiming their human rights have been violated. What about the human rights of innocent and respectful Basotho? Don’t they have that so-called human rights?
I reiterate, CRIMINALS do not have any human rights at all. What human rights should the criminals have in this country? Human rights of killing other people, or of stealing other people’s properties? Criminals will be tortured to death as long as they continue to violate our freedom in this country.
Comment by Born to kill on 15 January 2013:
Basotho bohle ba emelang likoeta, li emeleng ‘me le tla bona, kahoo le tlabe le e bue ‘nete. Keane mohoebi oa litaxi ka Sehlabeng o bolaetsoe ka pela mosali’ae, ka hara ntlo ea hae moo likoeta li keneng bosiu kahara lelapa la hae ba fihla ba mo thunya a ntse a robetse betheng le mosali’ae, ‘me ba tsoile moo ba entse bonnete ba hore ba mo bolaee ba mo qete, ka pela mosali’ae.
Joale kea rata haholo hobane Mosotho ha tsietsi eso mo hlahele o tla lula a pota, a ipuela ntholisele. Bo Sekamaneng mane rea utloa hore monna oa sekoeta o emelane le ho bula mamati a batho bosiu a kena katlung a fihla a ts’osa batho bosiu ba robetse. Kamoso o tlabe a bolaea monna kapa mosali ka pela mahlo a e mong, ‘me le tla e bua ‘nete basotho ba soele.
Basotho ba tloaetse hore ha bana ba bona ba bashanyana ba senya le ho bolaea batho ebe ba lula ba emela bana ba bona, ba bolelisaka kamoo ba ba tsoetseng kateng. Ebe basali le banna baa ba bolelisang kamoo ba tsoetseng kateng, ba nahana hore batho ba bolaoang ke bana baa ba bona, bona haba ea tsoaloa? Ba qhomme majoeng? Ba tsoetsoeng ke likoeta tseo tsa lona feela? ‘Na nkeke ka emela lesholu le ‘molai le khale lefats’eng mona. Ke mahlanya feela a emelang masholu le likoeta tsa babolai.
Comment by Born to kill on 15 January 2013:
@Molomo mosehlanyana,
Basotho le na le mathata le tiile ka bokhopo bona ba lona. Ere ba qale ka uena ba u tebele mosebetsing hobane haba tsebe bokhopo ba hau bo ka pelong ea hau, ba iponela fela meno ano a hau a masehla a tletseng lipapa. Kahoo, ekanna eaba u noha ea mabitla ‘mamothepane, ebe ekaba uena ea ba tsoang tlaase le ho feta. Basotho bohle ba political ke bona ba sebetsang hampe ka ho fetisisa liofising Lesotho mona, leha ho busa lipuso tseo ba li hailelang kapa tseo ba li famolelang.
Basotho ba political baa tella liofising mona, ba hana ho sebetsa, ntho kholo ea bona ke ho bua ka Basotho ba bang ka ho matona le ho liPS. Ke bona ba sebetsang hampe ka ho fetisisa kaha lipolotiki li ba mathetse hloohong, kaha ba lakatsa ho etsetsa basotho ba bang bokhopo ba hore ba tebeloe mesebetsing ka baka la mona le bokhopo ba bona. Phooooaaaaaa! hee! lia nyonts’a lintho tsena tse hailelang le tse famolelang lipolotiki, ba mona o kang boloi.
Comment by S'bongile on 15 January 2013:
@Born to Kill
HOW the HELL do you and your police friends know you are liquidating the very people who committed CRIME? why do you justify the MURDERS of innocent people who know nothing about the crime committed? HOW do you? MEANWHILE the criminals you so fear run the streets while the innocent people have been murdered by you and your police friends. Don’t ever ever justify this bullshit!
Batho bao e leng li-criminals le’a ba tsaba. Ba na ba sa le etseng letho le kokomoha marete a na ha le ba bona. you get real rough. don’t ever ever!
Comment by S'bongile on 15 January 2013:
And while you are at it BORN-TO-KILL, re joetse hore na Scott enoa eeo uena le bo ‘mate ba na ba hau le tsebang hore u bolaile batho just like that mane Koalabata, why you let him sail through the prison doors just like that? kapa u ne a le tlotsitse ka vaselini mahlong moo?
Comment by S'bongile on 15 January 2013:
Fok die kak , Ek loop! I am so angry i can’t sleep
Comment by Nna on 16 January 2013:
Ntate Thabane u tla qeta neng ho bua ka ‘muso o fitileng? Khele re se re tenehile..bo bolu bona bo ntse bo etsahala pusong ea hao joale, u blame puso eo re se bile re e lebetse,.you wil blame old govmt until thiz comin 5 years.
Comment by Bobete on 16 January 2013:
this is a vicious cycle, previous administration of nt mccd put the blame on others as far back as during BNP rule. when govt of the fails to take corrective measures, they tend to point fingers. lefa ha ho jooe le monate fela le mathata a hapelloa.
Comment by Netherlands on 16 January 2013:
@molomo mosehlanyana-ARE YOU SURE? “”Mohlala karolo ekholo ea DC ke baokameli makaleng hokenyeletsa lebo dispol”"
Comment by Sostiker on 16 January 2013:
@ Nna “” Ntate Thabane u tla qeta neng ho bua ka ‘muso o fitileng? CHEE O TLA QETA NENG? KHELE!
Comment by Born to kill on 16 January 2013:
@S’bongile
How can you justify those murderers and thieves being innocent you fool? Go and commit any kind of crime,they will catch you idiot. Ba tla u shapa marete a nkhang ponyonyo ana hore a be a khaohe kea u joetsa lesholu tooe. Re tennoe ke lona masholu ting a Lesotho. Le rata hampe masholu ting ho nyeta mapolesa ka hore ba le otlile mahala fela le tseba le botebong ba pelo hore le utsoelitse batho. You can go to hell stupid idiot, they will teach you a lesson.
Comment by Born to kill on 16 January 2013:
@S’bongile,
“Fok die kak , Ek loop! I am so angry i can’t sleep”
You are so angry and you can’t sleep because as you are a criminal, you are scared that the Police will soon catch you and like your other criminal friends, they will torture you to death. LESHOLU KE NTJA LE LEFA KA HLOOHO EA LONA.
Comment by moshanyana on 16 January 2013:
hey ho thata lesotho,hantle ho hiroa batho basele sepoleseng,ke hore lisatane(batho ba corrupt).joale u kase lebelle hore mesebetsi ea liabolosi e ka fela lmps
Comment by S'bongile on 17 January 2013:
nxa fotsek Born To Kill!
For your infor. i don’t live in that LAWLESS country. ke balehisitsoe ke leponesa le neng le batle le mpolaea ke sa le ngoanana oa lesea ea sa tsebeng letho ka boshodu. sis, they will just kill even babies because this makes them feel strong.
Comment by S'bongile on 18 January 2013:
police and soldiers it seems are dysfunctional. there is a lot of work to be done in order to reform them.