Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free april death squad Leader details secret War London Reuter the self confessed commander of a South african death squad said yester Day he cannot remain silent with blood on his in a chilling account of an alleged War waged by Security police in South former police Captain Dirk Coetzee told a South african judicial inquiry he supervised the murder of two suspected Black guerrillas one of them a member of his own hit we in the Security police Are above the he said on the second Day of his testimony being heard at the South african Zembas it is a secret War we fight against a secret fled South Africa last year after naming police officers he said were involved in a Campaign of dirty kidnappings and kill Ings of opponents of now a member of the african National the main group fighting apartheid in South Coetzee said he commanded a death squad from 1980 to 1982 which included Anc he gave de tails wednesday about the alleged murders by police of two Black a i just carry on the rest of my life with All these atrocities and blood on my he said yester in an unemotional Coetzee described a bungled attempt by his squad to kill two men with he said the identified Only As was a suspected Anc guerrilla who had told charge me or shoot the other was a former Anc member pathetic kind of Guy who joined Coetzee team but fell under police Coetzee said he received orders to get rid of the pair and picked up Poison powder and knockout drops from a Security police i haunt the heart to shoot them he the sprinkled into Lusys soft drink and Peters failed to have any effect on them despite repeated Spikings with double both were finally taken to a River where a squad member shot burned their bodies and dumped the ashes into the Coetzee it was not always possible to handle what we Call this Twilight War through court cases in a Legal he the former police officer also gave details of what he said was a nonpolitical murder carried out by two of his men in a Getrich Quick scheme that went he said they kidnapped and shot dead a Diamond dealer from Lesotho after he sold them fake gems bought with Money that Coetzee had Bor rowed from his Borders didst mean much to Coetzee the body was put in the trunk of Coetzee where he also regularly carried five with and was disposed of by being South Africa takes step to limit use of hanging Cape town Reuter Justice minister Kobie Coetzee took a first step yesterday to limit hangings in South which amnesty inter National says is second Only to Iran in the use of capital Coetzee published a draft criminal Law amendment to end compulsory death sentences for certain offences and give condemned prisoners an automatic right of hangings peaked at 166 in almost All of them and the Londo based amnesty International human rights organization said the 1988 total of 112 executions put South Africa second Only to last As pressure grew for a change in the Law that allows hang ing for crimes including Mur kidnapping and violent hangings dropped to an average of one a president de Klerk said in february he planned to change the Law to limit the number of executions and declared an immediate moratorium on his announcement was part of a package of concessions to the vote less Black majority ahead of pro posed negotiations on a Constitution with equal political rights for Coetzee said in a memorandum to parliament the amendment would ensure thorough reviews of every death sentence and a compulsory clemency Appeal to the president after All other avenues were sex one of the main objects of the Bill is to do away with the compulsory imposition of the death sentence and to Vest the supreme court with a discretion to impose that sentence in appropriate he he said execution would be ruled out for anyone aged under 18 at the time of the Black human rights lawyer shucks Sefa Yetso said the proposed changes would bring South Africa into line with Western countries that still Practised capital he said his lawyers for human rights organization favored the total abolition of capital punishment but accepted that this could take time to win acceptance in South the amendment is to be debated in committees and in parliament but political analysts said its acceptance is virtually Honda Honda says too Many new cars in Stock our Bank says too Many used cars in Stock our auditors order immediate inventory elimination now huge discounts details professional appraisers Wilt be on duty to allow top Trade in finance specialists will be on duty to arrange lowest possible finance retail customers we will not sell to certified deposits preferred minute time limit with Salesman no unreasonable offer there is absolutely no reason to wait for lower there wont be any starts ends saturday if you Haven got the shirt off our Back you paid too much Hoice phosphate 5 l laundry phosphate 5 l 3t tits Coupon and a Purchase of at least excluding 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