Albino’s hair lands man in trouble
BY GLADSON M’BUMPHA, A CONTRIBUTOR:
Police in Machinga District have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly keeping the hair of a person with the condition of albinism.
Machinga Police Station spokesperson, Davie Sulumba, identified the suspect as Mankhokwe Lilongwe of Nyangataya Village, Sub-Traditional Authority M’chinguza, in the district.
He said the incident happened early July this year at Nayuchi Border.
Sulumba said the suspect, who is a member of Youth Net and Counselling Club in the area, visited the victim, Mafukeni Molesi, and cheated him that Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Esther Jolobala, had sent him to list down names of people with albinism in the area.
He said the legislator wanted to meet people with albinism in the area.
“The suspect further told the victim that he needed to look presentable during the scheduled meeting, hence the need for him to have a haircut at a barbershop.
“The victim agreed and, after having a haircut, the suspect collected the victim’s hair and kept it. This surprised the victim who pleaded with the suspect to release the hair but the suspect denied that he had collected the hair,” Sulumba said.
He said the matter was reported to Nayuchi Police Post where a follow up was made and, on July 8 2018, the suspect was arrested.
“Upon interrogating the owner of the barbershop where the victim had a haircut, he revealed that the suspect indeed collected the hair and wrapped it in a plastic bag. Meanwhile, the suspect is in our custody and has since been charged with the offence of conduct likely to cause breach of peace, in line with Section 181 of the Penal Code,” he said.
The suspect is yet to appear in court.
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