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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 679
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 JULY 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 5-2014)
679. Ms J Steenkamp (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
Regarding the deaths of infants in the North West, has the Police
Commissioner for the North West received a formal request for the
investigation of criminal liability into the actions of (a) certain
persons (names furnished), (b) any (i) contractor or (ii) municipal
employee engaged in overseeing the maintenance of the municipal water pipe
system and (c) any party who had a legal duty to notify residents of
proper measures to be implemented to avoid becoming ill due to water
contamination, if such a request has been made, will the Police
Commissioner be undertaking an investigation; if not, why not; if so, when
will such an investigation be (aa) started and (bb) finalised?
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REPLY:
a) Yes
b) (i) Yes
(ii) Yes
c) Yes, the investigation is completed.
(aa) Yes on 2014-06-20 a case of Culpable Homicide was opened vide
Bloemhof CAS 97/06/2014.
(bb) Investigation finalized and case docket has been booked out to
Bloemhof Court for decision by the State Prosecutor on 2014-06-23.