Royal Family Member Hang Himself When Elders Fined Him K500

Royal Family Member Hang Himself When Elders Fined Him K500

Kaponda: the fine did not go well with the deceased

Police in Dowa district says a man hanged himself when disappointed with a K500 fine for being late at community fundraising farming.

Sergeant Richard kaponda Dowa Police Public relations Officer confirmed to FM 101 that the man aged 44 Harold Kang’oma from a royal family and used to perform village headman roles in the village has over the weekend hanged himself to a tangerine tree.

He said the deceased was fined K500 for being late at a fundraising farming activity meant to raise money for buying hoes to be used at the village graveyard.

Sgt Kaponda said the elders imposed the fine to the deceased for lesson to others.

“The deceased did not pay the imposed fine and was later on 3^rd January 2015 found dead hanging to a tangerine tree” said the police officer and said medical report indicates that the death was due to suffocation.

The deceased was from Chimgwetseni village of T/A Chiwere in Dowa district.