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Office of the ANC Chief Whip in Parliament, 11 August 2013 Death threats against ANC MP Ben Turok The Office of the ANC Chief notes with serious concern the death threats and intimidation against the co-chairperson of the parliamentary ethics committee, Ben Turok, and the registrar of members' interest, Fazela Mohamed. The two were part of the parliamentary committee that conducted an investigation into allegations against the former minister of communications, Dina Pule. We commend Parliament for swiftly putting in place appropriate security measures around the two following these threats. We are also pleased that the police department is seriously looking into the threats. We are confident that those behind these outrageous and repulsive acts will be speedily apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law. We don't take lightly these threats as they are not common by any stretch of the imagination. Both Turok and Mohamed were part of a collective assigned to probe the allegations on behalf of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. Any threat directed at them cannot simply be taken as a common act of intimidation against them as individuals, but an attack on the institution of Parliament and the people of South Africa. It is outrageous that there are criminal elements within our society who think they wield some kind of power to bully such an important institution of our constitutional democracy into submission. The police must leave no stone unturned to ensure that such acts of bullying and thuggery are never repeated against an institution such as Parliament. Issued by the Office of the ANC Chief Whip Enquiries: Moloto Mothapo, 082 370 6930 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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