Three dockets go missing at police station
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Two of the files are for rape and the other is an assault case. According to the Station Commander, superintendent Ogaufi George, the three files that were to be presented in court vanished some time last year and to date no light has been shed on the matter.
"Sometime last year we started experiencing the disappearance of dockets in my station and so far three dockets have mysteriously vanished. Two are for rape cases and the other for assault occassioning actual bodily harm. So far the Officer Commanding Tsabong has appointed someone to investigate the matter," he revealed. The investigation, he said, is beingconducted from within and outside the police parameters, depending on where the information can be dug up.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...