Mluleki
Mrwebi
04 October 2013
The African Christian Democratic Party said
the report released by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate painted
a worrying picture of the state of the police service.
The report showed that there has been a 19% increase in incidents of death in police custody and an increase of 218% in cases of assault by police.
ACDP Parliamentary Leader Wayne Thring said
the IPID is also investigating 168 cases in which policeman are accused of rape
and this is some 400% increase compared to 40 cases of rape that were reported
last year.
He added that this is very shocking at the
state of the police officers because they are supposed to protect the public
not to harm them.
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