Times Of Swaziland: NATCOM DENIES COPS SURVEILLING SNAT LEADERSHIP

NATCOM DENIES COPS SURVEILLING SNAT LEADERSHIP
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Mthunzi Mdluli on 15/02/2023 07:52:00


MBABANE – National Commissioner (NATCOM) of Police William Dlamini has denied
the SNAT secretary general’s allegations that the police are following the
organisation’s leaders wherever they go.
Dlamini was responding to some of the allegations made by the Secretary General
of Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), Lot Vilakati, against the
police. “Asizange sesilandzele bantfu tsine. Sibalandzela sifunani kubantfu? I
have verified that and there was nothing of that sort. There is no one following
SNAT leaders,” he said. The national commissioner said there was no need for
the police to keep following a person if they wanted to make any arrest.
He said they could simply arrest any person if it became necessary, without
following the individual. “If we want to have a chat with any individual, we
can do that without following you wherever you go,” narrated Dlamini.
He further emphasised that they were not following anybody since they worked
openly and transparently as police officers. “If a person is being followed by
people he doesn’t know, or know their identities, let that person report the
matter and then the commander will start his investigation. Site tsine umuntfu
lesimlandzelako,” he clarified.
Threats
Dlamini advised the president of SNAT, Mbongwa Dlamini, to report his threats to
a police station nearest to him. “Anyone who faces a threat must simply go to
the police station and open a case, register his statement regarding the matter
then start dealing with it thereafter,” he said.
Meanwhile, the natcom further said if any individual moved around and said there
were threats being directed to them, yet they did not report the threats, he
wondered what prevented such an individual from reporting the threats to the
police. “Why is he not personally going to the police station and report the
threats if he was really threatened? Even if an individual felt threatened, just
go to the police station and report it and tell it to the station commander,”
he stated. He said they advised the SNAT president to go to the nearest police
station and report any threat directed to him. The natcom also said any one who
felt threatened must report the matter to the police, so that a file would be
opened.