The Swazi police have been condemned by the kingdom’s legislators for allegedly beating up innocent people during pro-democracy protests last week, PANA reported. The MPs called on Parliamentary Speaker Sikakadza Matsebula to request the Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Khoza to explain the police action.
Meanwhile, the police have launched an internal investigation into the alleged brutality during the nationwide strike called to demand multiparty politics and to protest the eviction of two chiefs whose land was confiscated by King Mswati III, and given to his brother. “We wish to put the record straight that we are not at war with anybody as the press seems to imply. But it is our duty as an organisation to enforce the law,” police public relations officer Leckinah Magagula said.
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