Times Of Swaziland: MEN DRAG ACTING JUDGE TO COPS IN PUBLIC

MEN DRAG ACTING JUDGE TO COPS IN PUBLIC
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BY ASHMOND NZIMA  on 02/03/2019 16:41:00


MANZINI – Members of the public were treated to a rare scene as three men
forcefully ‘dragged’ an acting judge from his office and walked him for a
kilometre to the police.
The incident took place during broad daylight yesterday in Manzini and it
started at Enguleni House, where the Acting Judge of the Industrial Court, Luke
Malinga, who is also a lawyer, has his offices.
According to an impeccable source, two men came into Malinga’s office and
while they were talking to him, another man arrived and demanded an audience
with him.
The source said it was then that the third man found that his issue was similar
to that of the men he found in the acting judge’s office, thus they teamed up.
Monies
The source said the issue was related to monies which were allegedly paid to the
acting judge for land which was reportedly advertised in the print media.
“The men demanded that he refund them immediately as they still had not
procured the land,” alleged the source.
The complainants said while they were arguing with Malinga inside his office,
some men emerged from nowhere to try and calm the situation.
However, they alleged that because of their tempers, which were high, it was
difficult for the intervening men to stop them from escorting him out of his
office.
“We had no other choice but to go to the police station so that the law
enforcers would intervene,” they said.
They said as they walked through the jam-packed city of Manzini to the police
station, the men who came to his office in a bid to ensure that tempers did not
flare up, followed them until they reached the Manzini Police Regional
Headquarters.
Upon arrival, the complainants said they were directed to the fraud department
where the matter was deliberated at a round table.
Confirmed
Meanwhile, Acting Police Information and Communications Officer Inspector
Nosipho Mnguni confirmed the matter.
She said since the matter was not new to them, they decided to open a round
table for the parties.
She said it was agreed that Malinga and the complainants would meet back at the
police station  on March 15, to hopefully resolve the matter.
It is worth noting that Malinga was one of the four acting judges, whom the Law
Society of Eswatini (LSS) had issues over his appointment.