In an act of brazen disregard of the law and professionalism, Green
fuel security guards have assaulted Lucas Moyana and others over
allegations of stealing sugarcane on the 28th of August 2015.Lucas
Moyana (55) was severely beaten by security guards armed with sjamboks
and guns together with his family members who included a five year old.
The Green fuel security guards working closely with police officers
from Chisumbanje station descended on Lucas on the assumption that he
and others should tell them or admit to having stolen sugarcane from the
disputed land that was grabbed from the community by Green fuel. Lucas
Moyana feels aggrieved and dehumanized by this act of beating him at
10pm in the night as if he was a criminal. Lucas just like many
villagers with homesteads close to the sugarcane fields were not asked
questions but just received beatings in an Ian Smith -policing style
aimed at forcing them to accept a crime they are pleading innocent.PYD
will file court papers in defence of Lucas Moyana and others who felt
their rights were violated.
Platform for Youth Development has
been on record complaining about these untrained guards and trigger
happy police officers who have no respect for human rights and
professional contact. It is worrying that the assault in question was
done not only with the hand of police from Chisumbanje station but also
with instruction from Green fuel management.
Platform for Youth
Development is concerned that the involvent of Chisumbanje police is a
retrogression to the relations PYD is trying to build between the
villagers and the police.PYD is currently moderating relations between
police at Chisumbanje and villagers over the increasing poor relations
between the two parties. Police at Chisumbanje are being accused by
villagers of receiving bribes from Green fuel to assist the latter from
winning the boundary dispute by hook and crook. The use of force to
arrest an innocent civilian such as in the case of Lucas Moyana is
unwarranted and must be condemned in the strongest terms.
PYD is
currently pursuing various complaints presented by the community and
targeted at the police officers at Chisumbanje station. Some of the
cases received are at the advanced stage with identified police officers
being dragged to court by the public for overzealous contact such as
the one involving Lucas Moyana.
Inserted by PYD Information Department
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