Yes they can! 😄 😄
If anyone can think of examples when someone could choke another one, give them and I will explain them, if I can't explain them then I must admit I'm wrong.
KJ: Jedi don't do that: they use the Force for knowledge and defence, not for killing
For the first thing you said: simple: watch the movie!!!!
1) opening lines: the supreme chancelor valorum SECRETLY dispatched....
2) "You didn't tell him about the missing Jedi." "No need to do that, untill we have something to report."
So Sidi DIDN'T knew about them, when he did they weren't there anymore.
For the second thing: Maul only saw the rebels, he didin't saw the jedi, because he was standing near the TF-big shots.(he was watching the screen+the Jedi were moving around)
They didn't saw them so he didn't saw them. When Maul began to battle them he had to concentrate on the battle.