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ANA reports that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) on Monday said it stood by police officers facing charges relating to the violence in Marikana that claimed the lives of 44 people in 2012.
“We want to categorically state that we stand by those accused police officials, and if the South African Police Service (SAPS) does not represent them, we will. The principle of innocent until proven guilty should respectively be observed in this matter,” the union said on Monday. The Presidency advised on Sunday that a number of senior police officers had been charged or were being investigated for various offences following the conclusion of the Farlam investigation into the tragedy. Popcru also said it hoped the outcome of the work of the Police Ministerial Transformation Task Team’s review of police operational standards would assist officers in their future operations.
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- See too, Union stands by policemen charged over Marikana shootings, at TimesLive
- Read Popcru’s press statement in this regard at Cosatu Today
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