New Age2.png Anger after man dies in cell Montsho Matlala, The New Age, Johannesburg, 30 July 2015 Protesting Phalaborwa residents have called for justice after a man who was arrested during demonstrations at Majeje village died in police custody on Tuesday. Majeje Community Development Trust secretary Petrus Mashego yesterday said residents were shocked and angered by the death of a fellow resident at the hands of police. "We want justice to take its course and those responsible for his death should be punished," Mashego said. Provincial police spokesperson Col Ronel Otto identified the man as 37-year-old Peter Maluleke. "The cause of death is not yet known. The post mortem will be conducted and Independent Police Investigative Directorate has taken over the investigations," Otto said. Residents interviewed claimed that Maluleke was not part of the demonstrations. "He was not even part of the protest. Police just picked him up while he was near the bar lounge." Maluleke was arrested and locked inside a cell where he was found dead the following day. It is not known if police had assaulted him. Police have been engaged in running battles with residents since Monday as community members demanded to see the financial books of the Majeje Royal Palace. Angry villagers torched a tribal office and blockaded roads after getting unsatisfactory responses from Hosi Ntsanwisi about the expenditure and income on the tribal accounts. Ntsanwisi declined to comment. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/30072015/epaperpdf/23.pdf -- -- 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/d/optout.
