Soldier wants army to pay M700 000 damages
MASERU — A female soldier is demanding M700 000 in damages from Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, after she was allegedly tortured by military intelligence officers.
Ntšiuoa Molapo, a married woman whose husband is also a soldier, alleges that three army intelligence officers stripped her naked before taking turns to kick her private parts last week.
They then photographed her while nude.
In a letter of demand dated January 14, 2013 seen by the Lesotho Times this week Molapo’s lawyer, ’Mole Kumalo, said they viewed “these acts as violation of the fundamental rights of a human being and total disregard for the respect of the privacy and integrity of a person”.
He added that Molapo had also been suffocated with a rubber on several occasions during the interrogation.
“Furthermore one of the assaulters had the audacity to hold and or grip her head between his thighs while the other two continued to assault her on her back with a stick-like object of which she could not see,” reads part of Kumalo’s letter.
“These officers had the audacity and tenacity to take photos of the naked body of a helpless and hapless woman after performing their brutal acts.”
The Lesotho Times saw a copy of a medical form, understood to have been provided by the police, where a doctor described that Molapo’s pubic area had swelled.
The form also indicated Molapo had some wounds at the back.
This paper also saw pictures of the back of a woman with multiple whip marks crossing each other.
Efforts to contact Molapo were not successful.
However, her lawyer Kumalo told the Lesotho Times that his client was tortured after she jokingly told an intelligence officer that “trouble always followed her”.
The remark incensed the intelligence officer, Kumalo said.
He said Molapo, a private in the army, was standing with another soldier near Makoanyane Military Hospital at the Makoanyane barracks when the intelligence officer approached them.
“This woman was about to leave and when she saw the intelligence officer approaching, she jokingly said she was leaving because she knew that trouble always dogged her,” Kumalo said.
“The intelligence officer allegedly did not say anything at that stage but when he reported this to his superiors he is said to have told them that this woman said she knew who he was working for.”
It is understood that the intelligence office then called Molapo and demanded that she reveals who the intelligence officer was working for as she had alleged.
“When she denied that she had said those words and told them what she said, these agents tortured her,” he said.
LDF spokesperson, Major Ntlele Ntoi, confirmed yesterday that the army had received a letter from Kumalo.
Ntoi said he could however not reveal the details of the case because he was still to study it.
He also said even if he had examined the letter he would still not comment because the matter will now be before the courts of law.
Comment by Setono on 17 January 2013:
Ho bona,Khumalo!!!Ba je,u ba qete,ba sale ba se na le sente.Re khathetse ke Kamoli.O batla ho plotta coup kapa,re tsebe?Kamoli ke koata ena ea Satane.Kapa d guy ke member ea Satanism joale ba itse ha ho sa hlorisoe masole matla a hae a tla feela?Ksoooooaaaaaa!!!!!
Comment by Sampo on 17 January 2013:
Ka puo ee ea mmapala na mosali eo oa motho a kabe a se a tsolisoa? Li-photo tsona ba li isa kae haese ke li peverts ba ilo chaya ntloabe ka tsona? Sue their pants off ‘Mole! I wish those individual soldiers could also be enjoined to the case as co-reSpondents, not Kamoli alone
Comment by Kokontje on 17 January 2013:
I foresee a big financial crisis in the army in the nxt few months.Soldiers being terrorized n treated like slave bulldogs.Graduate soldiers(newly-recruited in 2011) being underpaid n promised a 3-year underpayment spell.Ebile kea utloa e mong o tebetsoe ha a tseka chelete.Mehlolo!!!!I wish Phakoe eno eso by the name of Lehlohonolo Mohola cud approach lawyers like Khumalo.I doubt a ka ba tlohela!Not unless talent ea hae ea ho ba a powerful speaker during high skul debates e felile…..
Comment by Finance Minister on 17 January 2013:
Kea bona chelete e lahlile bosoleng.Bokoata bo bongata too mch n dis is costing them.Kea tla le ‘na ke tlo ba leturupara,banna.Motho ha a ka qala a re ‘roll’,'about turn’ ho ‘na feela,kea mo qosa.
Comment by U bo Koate! on 17 January 2013:
Che Masole le Mapolesa matsatsing a na ba itjoetsistse hore litokelo tsa Manthla ba tla li hatikela feela. Ha ba qosoe ho fihlela ba ithuta.
Comment by Antonio on 17 January 2013:
Hao masole ke batho ba joang, ha ke utloe hore na mosali enoa oa motho bane ba motsekisang hoo ba qetellang ka ho motsulisa.win masole!!
Comment by jabu on 17 January 2013:
hau
Comment by mamoqato on 17 January 2013:
Molimo oa likhutsana? Banna ba ha ba isoe Darfur keng moo banna ba otlollelanang mahafi ele ruri? what a brutality? God forgive me>
Comment by Malaesha on 17 January 2013:
Khumalo ke bona eka o ja le masole ana, R700 000 ke chelete e nyane haholo ho latela boemo ba ketsahalo ena.
Comment by Thabo on 17 January 2013:
Ha ba isoe DRC hobane joale habana mosebetsi hae mona, oa ba sehlohoho hakakang ka mosali oa motho e mong e bileng ba sebetsang le ena, chehe!
Comment by Antonio on 17 January 2013:
MI ele hore ha e na mosebetsi? Ba shebane le hore na masole a buang rather than de threat frm outside,idiots!
Comment by Kamanga Malawi on 17 January 2013:
Wa tseba boloi hase ntho e tla feela lesotho moo, hoja ke ngoana oaka eo! monna e mong one a tla tsamaea moleng o mosoeu. Ntate Kamoli Mofumahali Ponts’o Sekatle nakong eo o behoang ha a ne a re oo behile moo hobane a o ts’epa, ke hobane ane a tseba hore bolaoling ba hao, mehlolo e tlo etsahala. Khale re bua le Coallition hore e ngalise Kamoli mosebetsi hobane ‘Muso ona o tlo felloa ke chelete bolaoling ba hae. hahahahah e kaba o kae Makoro!
Comment by Americano on 17 January 2013:
What the motherfucking soldiers like this home soldiers. Take them to rebels King why are they making Basotho like dogs. They have no work to do at home I hate them because they even torture Basotho for no good reasons. This government is really fully drunken they are what they because of Basotho of King Moshoeshoe. What the hell this military of Lesotho is like AH FUCK THEM ALL.
Comment by LEKHOARA on 17 January 2013:
Unless soldiers and police become personally liable for their brutal acts, or action is taken against them [expelled], these barbaric acts will never stop.
Comment by Sfocus on 17 January 2013:
Banna nthoena ke mmoulo ha e thape! Ho bona Khumalo le ha u batlile sente, koata tsena li lokeloa ke ho patala hofihlela ba hlaketsoe ka lihlooaneng ka mona.
Comment by Lefefooane on 17 January 2013:
I thaught by now the LDF guys would be in DRC? Athe ntate Tom o sebelitse joang na. Ke nahana banna bano ba borehile kamono ka makoanyane. Ba teng banna bao mosebetsi oa bona e leng ho bapala morabaraba le ho ja letseaere kaofela? No ways we need to deploy them to DRC as soon as possible.
Comment by Itihe pele ke u liha on 17 January 2013:
Masole le mapolesa ba tlameha ho khalemeloa ka thaata ka boits’oaro bona bo bobe ba ho etsa batho lintho tse bohloko, hona joale ke chelete ea sechaba sa Basotho ena eeo mosali enoa a tlo e nehoa, ooele se re etsa boipiletso ho ‘muso o litulong, ha ke tsebe hore na banna le basali bana ba heso (masole le mapolesa) ke sona seo ba se rupelloang. Le joale mosali enoa o batla chelete e nyane, ebe mabaka ke afe ‘m’e u entsoe ntho e bohloko hakaale? Ho seng joale chelete eno e pataloe ke tsona likafore tseno tse amehang, chelete ea Basotho ea bapala re shebile, sis!
Comment by ntsiuoa molapo on 17 January 2013:
le ntse le hlanya kaofela nna ke btla ho kotoa eseng ho pataloa,,ea hlanya akhente eno!
Comment by NtataoTom on 17 January 2013:
hee! le noa le sa jaa
Comment by Motlotsuoa on 17 January 2013:
Actions like this one calls for urgent intervention both politicaly and from human rights watch dogs, unless drastic changes are effected soon poor Basotho who have no connections will be living in the wilderness where ther is no rule of law. Ntate Thabane and yuor Cabinet please intervene before setopo setopo se tsoa ka masoleng kapa liakhente tse etsang expose litaba tsena li bolaoa ka sehloho. Na Ntate Kamoli ena is a fit and proper person to command the army,my observation so far is that He is not. Ke mokopela ho ea li embassying as a matter of urgency, the guy is literally terrorising the army personnel with impunity. Ntate Phoofolo re kopa o kene lipakeng hobane oa tseba hore litaba tsa makhotla linka nako e telele, re kopa le mekhatlo ea bo `Me e ke e ntse polelo ka mahlabisa lihlong ana a atselitsoeng khaitseli ena ea moreneng.Ha ho sena bohato ba letho bo nkuoang re tla be re itsehisa ka machaba. KANNTE RE SOABILE!!!
Comment by zuko on 17 January 2013:
Ke mesebetsi ea ntate Kamoli ena hee, re motseba ale tjena, ke hona lihloho li tlang hona ke linyane feela. shebella na haufinyane ho tlo etsahala eng. Sehloho ke ba khething ntate Tom ba nahana hore o tla thiba ntate Kamoli, hahahaha.
HO ISA MASOLE DRC, HASE THAROLLO EMPA ELE NTS’ETSOPELE EA HO SOTLA MASOLE, HA NTATE KAMOLI EENA A TLABE A NTSE A TSOELAPELE HO BASOTLA
Comment by Observer on 17 January 2013:
Ha masole le maponesa a ka patala chelete ee ea tax tsa rona ke hona ba tla etsa mosebetsi ba tlohela ho na ba torture batho. Motho ha ka khola 5cents ha khoeli e fela o tla inahana ha tlameha ho hlokofatso a suspect or batho ba senang molato
Comment by mju on 17 January 2013:
Ke eona mesebetsi ea coalition ena he. Thabane o nyantse puso ho chief Leabua ea neng a sa natse litokelo tsa mantlha tsa batho. Ha ho ntho e ncha mona, masole le maponesa a etsa mesebetsi ea mehleng ea Leabua hantle. Ha ho ntse ho thoe Leabua o ne a tseba ho busa, ho boleloa taba tse ts’oanang le tsona tsena. Hona ke linyane, likholo li sa tla.
Comment by moshanyana on 17 January 2013:
tlohela leabua mju khale a shoele a lieloa ke sona sesole.handle dis mother fuckrs a trained to kill so dey a jst doing deir jobs
Comment by LAZARO on 17 January 2013:
Sesole ha se ea senyoa ke Kamoli, se sentsoe ke bo Motanyane ka ho poromouta bo……. ka senana, ebe ho holo ke ho romella monna oa lesole lena li courseng tse sa feleng bo mose ho maoatle koana, ebe eena o sala a ja ngoana enoa oa monna enoa oa motho. Joale le eona Phau-ts’ethe ena e ntse ere e ea ratoa ha e bone hore e ea jelloa mona. Eke Kamoli a ka nts’etsa pele leano leo la ho ja basali ba masole a mang, feela a ba ise INDIA, a tsebe ho ba promota. Monna ke Major hona joale tjena. O siile li squadmate tsa hae ka lebaka la kuku ea mosali. Chooooooooo, lereteeeeee.
Comment by Kim on 17 January 2013:
@Lazaro, u tseba liaba monna tooe.
Comment by Bobete on 17 January 2013:
Hao banna ka puo ee ea puo motho o sa tsoa mokola. Ntja tse qethesitsoeng li qetella li loma le bana ba lelapa.
Comment by Mahlabe on 17 January 2013:
he joale masole ana ha tsebe spane, masholu ke a ana a tletse lefatse ke ona atlamehang ho etsoa joale nt dat laddy, Masepa a bona ba bonahala ba beta!!!
Comment by Monna-moholo on 17 January 2013:
Uena sekatana tooe u ipitsitseng Ntsiuoa Molapo. Re tlo u tsoma re be re u fumane. Ke lebitso la mosali oa motho leno leo u bapalang ka lona. Hoja e ne ele mmao eo ho ngotsoeng joalo ka eena u no tla reng. U nyamoleile u sa holisoang hantle.
Comment by MORU on 17 January 2013:
HOJA MMUSO ONA OA SECHABA OA NTS`A SEBONO SENA SO SEKOETA BO COMANDARENG MONA PELE A ETSA MELEKO E FETANG ENA!
Comment by Le DC on 17 January 2013:
Che masole joale tjee…. Kumalo bathong chlt eno e nyane. Nxa…
Comment by Mokhehle on 17 January 2013:
Lerotholi a hlekefetsoa
Molapo a hlekefetsoa
Majara kapa Masupha are next
Comment by lekau on 17 January 2013:
Kamoli o entse sesoleng mono mophatong.O nahana ke mekhorong eane ea habo mona.Kea utloa o ntsa helisa masole lehlaka leo e leng hona a lo tsosa lithako tsa habo ka lona.Che,satane ee ea koata!!!!Ke batla ho tseba….oa hae.Tom,mona teng re eme,re shebile na u tla etsa eng…..
Comment by Le DC on 18 January 2013:
Butle pele re u joetse Mokhehle satane tsena li qalile kaho hlekefetsa. LLETSIE eaba LEROTHOLI ke MOLAPO today ke mesebetsi ea satane ea bo Mosisili ea ho felisa borena joale ba qala ka ho bolaea bana ba Marena Kamoli o behiloe mono ke malomae Pakalitha hore a mo sebeletse uena Tom ba u koetletse lerumo batlo liha bo KAMOLI le MOKALOBA
Comment by Le DC on 18 January 2013:
Bo majara le Bo masupha watchout
Comment by Le DC on 18 January 2013:
Name n’Shame uena he u tseba phokojoe e bitsoang Kamoli hantle
Comment by S'bongile on 18 January 2013:
Speechless ……..
Comment by Motlotsuoa on 18 January 2013:
Taba e utloisang bohloko ka ho fetisisa ke hore ngoana eno ao Molimo o tlo sulafallatsoa Mosebetsi ke Kamoli and his cronies who are bent on licking his boots at the expense of the lifes of people, according to Kamoli u can never sue the army otherwise he will make sure that he makes life in the army miserable until u decide to leave.
Feela bontate ha hona le bopaki bo feletseng hore kamoli ke ena eo eneng ele overseer ea ho huloa ka marete hoa bo Ramotso, Mokhantso etc, ha a tsoaroe keeng, Phoofolo one o iketsa sebete mona o ikentse human rights lawer joale ha re bone ha o tsoara Kamoli otherwise i ll be loosing confidence in you very fast. Banna ke hore u ll be expecting kamoli to hire as many graduates as possible but now he fires them ,those who survive are those keep shut for fear of intimidation. Uena khaitseli eaka NTSIUOA o se ka itsoenya ka likatana tsena tse tseng li o roahaka mona, feela o tlame tjale sesali o loane ho fihlea, hee le busoa ke phohofolo e manganga e senang kelello, e sa tsotelleng ho itlontlolla, he even intimidate some soldiers with death saying they will die like bo mokhantso. feela uena kumalo o ithlokomele ke bona kamoli a o koentse fast o nyametse joale ka scot but at the same time I must applaud you for being so brave to take on Kamoli and shame him foe his babarian acts ,many lawyers have failed to do that in the past.
Comment by Name 'n Shame on 18 January 2013:
@Motlotsuoa:
Let me tell you the Truth:
Kamoli does not own any life save God. Even himself will eventually die.
But you have to ask some old guess in the Army and those who had aleready retired about Kamoli; they will tell you that: HE IS A COWARD. HE ONCE FILL UP THE CARMOUFLAGE WITH TOILET WHEN ENGAGED IN ONE OPERATION. Kamoli is a coward, these things he likes doing onto others of pulling others with their private parts if can be done on him he can do the same thing as he did during that operation.
Its better for members of LDF to stand for the truth always; to fear a coward is a very cheap things. He will threaten the cowards like him.
That lady (Ntsiuoa Molapo) must know that kamoli is going to do anything within his illegal powers to suppress her like many others, but as long as she can be strong and stand for the truth she will survive this COWARD.
Kamoli is NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING but a COWARD. WATCH THIS SPACE.
Comment by cantryman on 18 January 2013:
ke utloa ke bile ke thothomela ke khalefo! Satane tseo tse photolehileng li hloka ho hlahleloa khotla le tsona. I wish i had money, i wud make sure tt innocent lady gets best human rights lawyer ever to screw this Kamoli thing! Anyway,i wish tt brave lawyer all the best in all the rounds he ll b screwing Kamoli!
Comment by Molato on 18 January 2013:
Ke bona eka ke morero. Ka nqena ke mapolesa a bolaea batho, ka nqena ke masole, ha ba tsebe litokelo.Hantle ntle Lesotho le ritsetsa hokae?
Ke kopa hore e mong le emong a hlorisang e mong, a nkuoe ka lechoba.
Ke bona eka ke eona tharollo feela,’me ke kholoa hore ba tla joetsana.
Comment by thabo on 18 January 2013:
m’ae sebono kamoli,u thetsana le mokaloba.kea kholoa Lekhooa le Rampae ke bona baetsi ba ketso eo.
Comment by bass on 18 January 2013:
che masole a sehlooho hle,ke ne ke itse ke a ea bt never
Comment by mapheo on 18 January 2013:
pity that lady had to go through this..good Lord what went wrong with our police and army??
Comment by ts'obi on 18 January 2013:
Ke bona eka masole a mang ke lisebelisuoa tse patetsoeng feela ho tla silafatsa puso ea coalition. batho bana ha ba ee hae baneng le basaling ba bona hoba joale rona ha re batle ho khutlela pusong eane ea ntat’a bona. haeeeee banna. na Molimo o teng ka hare ho lona
Comment by cantryman on 18 January 2013:
de questions tt keep on ringing in my mind ke hore na baetsi ba ketso eo ebe ba na le likhaitseli? mafumahali? Kapa bona barali? N if they do ve any of these, they nd 2 close their evrythng n image them being humiliated like that! M sure they wud wish to ve nt done such satanistic act! I wish them to rot in Kamoli’s disgusting ass!
Comment by Makhonofane on 19 January 2013:
Batho ba khakhathile mosali eo oa motho ke Lance Coporale Moepi oa mose ho seaka and other 2 bao ke tlang hoba fumana. Ke bo morena mpone kea sebetsa. Hoa bona ke ho khotsofatsa marena leha ba etsa masepa haba sa bona.
Comment by Jamane on 19 January 2013:
bo ntate ba bararo mothong wa mme, ba motsulisitse ba nka lifoto…. Hona ke hoboso empe ka mokhoa o fitisisang…masole ano a amehang a malimabe ruri….nahana feela esele mohatsaka…nka nnyela monyako ka itutula ka fatuku….
Comment by Setsokotsane on 19 January 2013:
kea bona hoa tshosanoa ka mona ka liheleng tse lefatsheng. Kamoli oa le tshosa ha a re le seke la qosa le moo le sebetsoang hampe fela enoa eo bareng ke Ntlele o tseba hantle seo a se laetseng batho bano ba khakhathileng Molapo. Mohla re ka choatlelang likhalase tsena tsa mahlo mahlong a hae mona o tla hlaphoheloa. Ba qoseng satane tsena
Comment by shh on 21 January 2013:
A soldier is a soldier irrespective of gender…im sick and tired of this gender issues that seems to overtake work responsibilities. I solely disregard discrimination but what must be done must be done inline of duty requirements.
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Comment by Serutle on 22 January 2013:
Ha re makale, khale bare re kenyane maleme ka hanong(tongue kiss) rele bontate hothwe re ntshe Matekwane. Kea ipotsa hore na ebe ba kile ba thiba marole?
Comment by madise on 23 January 2013:
atjhe jwale ke hlotswe, haebe banna ba 3 ba kopanele mosadi mme ba mo etse ketso tse nyontshang hakalekale!! na ebe re satla loka tje?
Comment by Rangoana moloi on 23 January 2013:
Ho bona kamoli,
Comment by THUPA SHAP FATSE on 26 January 2013:
HONA KE BOSAOANA FEELA, MOTHO OA TENG O TLA BONA A TABANYANA MAHLO HA LEKHOTLA LE LIELLA KAHLOLO
Comment by Setsokotsane on 3 February 2013:
Ke ne ke utloe hothoe MP e ne ele eona e khakhathang masole mona liheleng e le tlasa bolaoli ba moshanyana oa moikaketsi eo bareng ke Phoka Nkeli ea re ha Kamoli eba eena commander ea masole a e khalemela taba eno a ba a tlosa Nkeli mono joale o tlohetse Mphaki le lelinyane lena le hothoeng Ntoi ho etsa ntho eo ba e ratang MI mono. Kamoli ebe u bona ehlile u sebetsa hantle? U tla iphumana u panya panya chankaneng haufinyane kea u joetsa,u so nkile leoto lesele jole u lebetse hore ntatao Mosisili ha sa leeo mona o ntsa hlahlathela matjoing koana. Nxa
Comment by tjontjobina on 15 March 2013:
Letsati le tla chaba leo ngoana motho a tla bebenya melomo le ha a se ntse a shoele, a se a sena noko ea ho ikopela tsoarelo ho ho bana ba tho bana bao a ba hlorisitseng ka noko e tetele. Tse kang tsena Molomi re le sia matsohong a hau.Hlokola meokho ea bana ba batho
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