Fresh evidence in Bird Island scandal, says author Chris Steyn IOSNewsSA
Durban - Investigative journalist Chris Steyn’s battle for more information about allegations of paedophilia by apartheid-era leaders is far from over. The co-author of the controversial book, The Lost Boys of Bird Island, who is expected in Durban to attend the Articulate Africa Book and Art Fair next week, said that seven months after it hit the shelves, she was still receiving leads that would strengthen her case.
This time around, Steyn is more interested in working with a police investigation than penning it all in another book. “Also, I do not have the resources the police have. I have also had to fund my own investigation, pre- and post-publication. In one case, I had to fly somebody to Durban to pick up a file a source refused to send by courier.”
The book details how Malan, Wiley, Allen and another former apartheid-era minister, who is still alive, ferried young boys to Bird Island near Port Elizabeth where the minors were raped and forced to perform other sexual acts on them.“Some people are still too scared to talk after all these years. Some are hostile.“Among those who have come forward are people who partied at Dave Allen’s house and did work on Bird Island.
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