The
community of Chamama Trading Centre in Kasungu district of Malawi is now
leaving in fear after 11 children (Boys & Girls) were defiled and sodomised
by a 17-
year-old boy in the neighborhood.
The boy
whose name was withheld is said to have defiled and sodomised nine children
last year and was sent to Chilwa Reformatory Centre in Zomba. Two months after
coming back to the village from the reformatory centre, he was back to his
business.
Nyasa Times
reported that after his return, he defiled two girls and sodomised two boys and
he is currently at large.
Msola, a
village head who confirmed the abominable act expressed his disappointment at
the police for not treating the case as a serious one.
“We feel the
police are failing us on this matter. We have been sending the boy to them only
for him to be released days later until he was sent to Chilwa Reformatory
Centre.
“Surprisingly,
two months ago the boy came back and as if this is not enough he continued with
his bad habit,” He told Nyasa Times.
Commenting
on the matter, Sub Inspector Teresa Msukwa of Kasungu Police Station Victim
Support Unit said the boy was not released but actually escaped from the
reformatory centre.
“The boy ran
away from the reformatory centre in Zomba and we are doing all we can to
re-arrest him,” Msukwa said.
However,
chairperson of Chamama Community Policing Aubrey Msyamboza also blamed the
police for not working together with the community.
“Whatever
decision was made about the boy, we were not informed. And when the boy came
back, there was also no report from police so we could not act,” Msyamboza
said.
According to
him, the teenage boy is nowhere to be seen and he is posing a threat to
children in the area.
Recently,
children learners from Liwala and Chamama primary schools in the community at
of anger petitioned the police to force them to act on the boy.
The village
leaders in the community are threatening to banish the parents of the boy from
the area.
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