See no evil, hear no evil and don't complain

See no evil, hear no evil and don't complain

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By Staff Reporter

ABOUT 44 police officers with the Zimbabwe Republic Police are languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Prison after being overheard complaining about the harsh economic conditions in the country, New Zimbabwe.com can reveal.

Although efforts to determine under what law they were detained were unsuccessful, senior police sources said the officers were arrested for “breaching the Police Act”.

Their desperate families held meetings with senior police officers at the weekend to try and secure their release.

Zimbabwe is facing an economic meltdown with prices of basic consumer goods, which have reached unprecedented levels, going up daily.

The crackdown on the police and army comes after growing disgruntlement over government’s economic policies which have reduced Zimbabwe’s once bustling economy into the world’s fastest collapsing economy with inflation topping 265 percent.

Sources said senior police officers at the weekend held a meeting with the families of the police officers at Chikurubi complex and warned them that it is an offence punishable by imprisonment for police officers or their families to be heard complaining about the economic hardships that the country is facing.

“We were warned that our husbands are bound by the police oath to be loyal to the country therefore if we or our husbands complain about the economic situation we will be promoting anarchy,” said the wife of a police officer who cannot be named.

In July a group of police officers who had been evicted by their landlords because of their participation in the destruction of houses under the government’s discredited Operation Murambatsvina demonstrated outside Police Headquarters, demanding that their bosses address their housing needs.
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