A union affiliated with Fedusa claimed that a member, who is an employee at the University of Fort Hare, was tortured by a group of police in front of his family.
According to the National Tertiary Education Union , its member was kidnapped from his East London home in the presence of his family and allegedly tortured for hours as a possible murder suspect by people who identified themselves as police.The general secretary of NTEU Grant Abbott addressed the media on Wednesday along with members of Fedusa, insisting that they wanted to bring the matter to the public attention.
The unions refused to divulge the identity of the member, insisting it would compromise the charges they have against the alleged torturers.Abbott said the member was kidnapped, assaulted and tortured, threatened and subsequently released with a threat of death should the incident be reported to the authorities.
The general secretary of NTEU Grant Abbott addresses journalists at a press conference in Braamfontein along with other Fedusa members.He said the union had sufficient evidence to have culprits arrested and had been in contact with the director of public prosecutions in charge of investigating issues at Fort Hare.“We have provided him with the evidence that we have accumulated to ensure that a proper and professional investigation into this most disturbing event takes place.
“As we speak, we are waiting for the direction from the director of prosecutions on the formulation of the charges and additional protocol that needs to be followed,” he said.TimesLIVE contacted University of Fort Hare spokesperson JP Roodt to confirm these allegations and to confirm if the employee at the university was tortured.Support independent journalism by subscribing to the
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