A police commander in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, has been faraway from her put up following controversial feedback during which she linked an alleged gang rape sufferer to intercourse work.
Earlier this month a video showing to indicate a younger lady being assaulted by 5 males went viral within the East African nation, prompting an outcry among the many public.
On Sunday, the police commander within the capital, Dodoma, was quoted in a Tanzanian newspaper as saying the “lady in query seemed to be engaged in intercourse work”.
Following a backlash and accusations that the remark minimised the girl’s ordeal, Tanzania’s nationwide police drive apologised and stated the commander had been transferred.
“The police drive want to apologise to everybody who was touched and offended by the assertion circulating within the media whereas monitoring is being performed to search out its accuracy,” nationwide police spokesperson David Misime stated on Monday.
Mr Msime added that in her feedback to native newspaper Mwananchi, Dodoma Regional Commander Theopista Mallya had stated that even when the girl was a intercourse employee, “she didn’t should be handled that manner”.
These phrases didn’t seem in Mwananchi’s report.
Within the video showing to indicate the girl being raped, the suspects reportedly interrogate her, forcing her to apologise to somebody known as “afande”.
In Tanzania “afande” is usually used to seek advice from a soldier or police officer, so many activists and social media customers expressed outrage {that a} sexual assault may have been carried out on the orders of a member of the safety forces.
“The investigation revealed that the youths weren’t performing on orders from any officers; they have been merely drunk and medicines,” Ms Mallya informed Mwananchi.
“Nevertheless the girl in query seemed to be engaged in intercourse work,” she stated.
Following the general public backlash over Ms Mallya’s feedback, Tanzania’s nationwide police stated she had been transferred to the police headquarters, although it’s not clear whether or not that is momentary or everlasting.
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