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MPs call for independent police commission

Kesitegile Gobotswang PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Kesitegile Gobotswang PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Over a decade since then opposition Member of Parliament (MP) for Lobatse, Nehemiah Modubule called for the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints Tribunal, government is yet to decide on it.

Modubule had in 2011 tabled a motion in Parliament requesting government to set up an Independent Police Complaints Tribunal to safeguard citizens against police brutality.

At the time, the then Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Edwin Batshu said they were benchmarking on the motion.

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