{"id":33296,"date":"2023-09-03T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/family-demands-answers-over-fathers-death"},"modified":"2023-09-03T12:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:16:44","slug":"family-demands-answers-over-fathers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/family-demands-answers-over-fathers-death","title":{"rendered":"Family demands answers over father\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE family of Simon Mahloko-Mohlori, 60, who died in the Thaba-Tseka police holding cells two weeks ago, is demanding answers from the police. A report by a government pathologist has suggested that Mahloko-Mohlori died from poisoning while the police say they are equally puzzled as to what killed him.<\/p>\n

Police spokesperson Inspector \u2019Mareabetsoe Mofoka last night confirmed that Mahloko-Mohlori died in their holding cells. \u201cIt is true that he died in detention but we do not know what caused his death,\u201d Inspector Mofoka said.<\/p>\n

The family said they received conflicting stories from the police and other witnesses as to how their father died at the hands of the police on July 28.<\/p>\n

Mahloko-Mohlori was arrested by the traffic police on July 28 around 7pm. His daughter, Khothalo Mohlori-Sepamo, said they were informed by the police the following day which was on Saturday, to come and pick up his body.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demanded answers from Inspector Mosotho who heads the traffic department,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said Inspector Mosotho told them that they stopped Mahloko-Mohlori at a road block. And he stopped. But as they approached him, he drove off. Then they traced him and found him at one tavern in the district.<\/p>\n

Mohlori-Sepamo said the police told her that they arrested Mahloko-Mohlori and took him to the charge office and locked him up. She said the police told them that Mahloko-Mohlori was drunk.<\/p>\n

Then around midnight he became unconscious, showing some health complications. \u201cI was told he was taken out of the cell because he was ill,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said the police told her that her father\u2019s condition worsened around 3am and they took him to a hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival. \u201cWe were not informed as the family about the unfolding events,\u201d Mohlori-Sepamo said.<\/p>\n

Faced with the nerve-wracking news, they approached some of the detainees to seek answers. She said a detainee told her that in the middle of the night, Mahloko-Mohlori was heard as though he was having some nightmares.<\/p>\n

Mohlori-Sepamo said they were told Mahloko-Mohlori became stiff and fell over one of the detainees. She said the detainee told her that they informed the police to come and they were asked to load him at the back of the van.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told us that they could see that the deceased was already dead,\u201d she said. Still, they proceeded to the hospital that confirmed their father dead. Mohlori-Sepamo said her brother went to the police to demand an explanation.<\/p>\n

She said the Station Commander Inspector Makhetha told him that Mahloko-Mohlori committed suicide by taking poison (mafenetha). She said Inspector Makhetha said he was woken up to come and collect the motionless body of Mahloko-Mohlori.<\/p>\n

Amid the confusion of what caused the death of their father, they waited for the post mortem results from the government pathologist, Dr Lefatle Phakoana.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were told that we should not get in touch with the deceased until the police are done with their work,\u201d Mohlori-Sepamo said. The family says it needs answers from the police about what happened to their father.<\/p>\n

When they were filling forms to claim insurance to bury him, Dr Phakoana advised them to write \u201csuspect poisoning, pending toxicology\u201d for the cause of death.<\/p>\n

Inspector Mofoka said Mahloko-Mohlori was stopped by the police at the road block but he sped off and they gave chase. \u201cHe was heavily drunk and was without a driver\u2019s licence,\u201d Inspector Mofoka said, adding that his car\u2019s documents had also expired.<\/p>\n

She said they took him to the charge office to lock him up so that he could be taken to court to account for his misconduct. Inspector Mofoka said it is a practice to search the detainees before being locked up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found pockets of a white substance that we believe were drugs, and kubere (root used as muti) in his possession,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said some of the detainees told them that the heavily intoxicated Mahloko-Mohlori told them that he could not see any prospect of living. Inspector Mofoka said Mahloko-Mohlori was rushed to Paray Hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe post mortem has not shown his cause of death,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome stomach contents have been taken to the laboratory for tests,\u201d she said. Inspector Mofoka said the laboratory results are not yet out. She said they have been reliably informed that the family had also conducted its own post mortem and the results are still the same.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. THE family of Simon Mahloko-Mohlori, 60, who died in the Thaba-Tseka police holding cells two weeks ago, is demanding answers from the police. A report by a government pathologist has suggested that Mahloko-Mohlori died from poisoning while the police say they are equally puzzled as to what killed him. 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