By Musa Mdluli

MBABANE:In a country where the law including traffic laws are applied to the ordinary citizens, police officers who are sometimes converted to be ‘hitmen’ for the King Mswati cruel and oppressive regime, are allowed to drive around with foreign registered cars pasted with a police number plate on top.

An alleged foreign registered Toyota Hilux GD6 with a police number plate GSD 520 PO pasted on top,was seen at the SwaziPlaza Mbabane Police Post on Tuesday morning, these cars are allegedly used either to hunt human rights defenders or kidnap children or ordinary citizens to be murdered for alleged ritual purposes.

Government would then issue a statement blaming foreigners traveling in foreign registered cars when in fact, these are alleged State agents on ‘State duties’.

Senior Superintendent Phindile Vilakati,the Police Spokesperson declined to comment.

Reached for comments by this Swaziland News on Tuesday, Sibongile Mazibuko, the President of the Ngwane National Liberatory Congress(NNLC) first thanked this publication for exposing the suspicious cars, she then urged the public to take pictures and sent to the editor wherever they see these vehicles.

“These vehicles are also allegedly used to kill citizens particularly during Incwala ritual ceremony, so we thank the Swaziland News for monitoring this. We urge citizens to take pictures of these vehicles including their drivers so that, when a child or a citizen disappears, we can ask those people. You will recall that, the vehicle that abducted a child at Nyanyali during Incwala was also foreign registered and the police later came-in to assault and intimidate the mother for demanding her child. There’s absolutely no reason to paste a number plate on top just to cover the original one, it’s illegal and if I can do this, the police could arrest me. Why cover a number plate if the vehicle is clean and used for genuine assignments?”, said the NNLC President.