‘Murder’ cries over 2 Botswana students found dead at Templers’ Park

Bodies of 2 students from Botswana were found at the Templer’s Park Waterfalls last Monday. They were currently enrolled with 2 private universities in Malaysia namely the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) and Asia Pacific University College of Technology (UCTI). One of them, Takongwa Olatetse was in his final year and was expected to finish his studies here and return home by the end of this year.

According to ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah, the police chief of Gombak said that the bodies were found by a man who was there fishing. He first found 2 bags and passports before setting out to find the owners but instead found the 2 bodies floating in the water nearby. He then contacted the police. The Selayang Fire and Rescue team was brought in and was brought out before being taken to the Selayang Hospital.

As the family members of the students are not in Malaysia, their friends and lecturers were informed to identify the bodies. According to one of them, they could not identify them as the bodies were in the water for too long. The Botswana students were known to be very good students and one of them was a straight A student.

The police concluded that they have not drowned and could have fallen from a high spot as the water levels in Templer’s Park were very shallow. This means that they might have fallen from a high spot. The bodies were found only with their underwear and were classified as sudden death.

Botwana students in Malaysia number in the hundreds and the Templer’s Park case would be one of the few that involve accidents like these. However, while some have claimed that the students had been drinking, sources claimed that they were actually very good students who were never problematic. They had great attitude and had never given any problems. While the deaths are regarded as non-conclusive, some close friends have claimed that they might be ‘murdered’ or ‘beaten’ due to jealousy reasons.

They were church goers where they have been very active and great friends to their colleagues while were not ‘loud’ or aggressive. According to sources, community.com.my were being told that Botswanian are normally the scapegoats of the African community. They are being bullied by the Nigerians and Kenyans. Not only that, the Botswanians are the smartest among the African community as well. We urge the Malaysian Policemen to investigate instead of classifying this as ‘Bukan hal kami’. If the authority allow the Nigerians to enter Malaysia, please make sure that they don’t being crimes to Malaysia. Indonesia and other countries are making a smart move to disallow Nigerians to their countries, why are we not doing the same to protect our people?

Our condolences to the family members of  Takongwa Olatetse and his friend. Your sons will always be remembered by all of us as bright students from Africans. Africans need people like Takongwa Olatetse.