BREAKING NEWS: DA members intimidated by police
Three DA members were stopped by a large number of police at the Pick n Pay Centre after the peaceful protest march today, and asked to go to Nelspruit Police Station for interrogation.
MBOMBELA – When Lowvelder arrived at the shopping centre, there were several SAPS officers in the parking lot, as well as various police vehicles.
The officer who was communicating with the three DA members said he was just doing his job and that orders had come from “number one”. It is unclear who “number one” is.
According to Ms Trudie Grové-Morgan, police vehicles had followed her and the two other DA members (Ms Sanley van der Merwe and Mr Gerard le Roux) from the Nelspruit Rugby Club (NRC), where the march had ended after lunchtime.
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“They approached us already while we were cleaning up at NRC, asking us if we knew a guy with grey wavy hair. We said we could not help. They asked us to go to the police station and we said no and continued driving to the Pick n Pay Centre,” Grové-Morgan said.
“Police stopped us and we were asked once more to go to the station. We said we would not go without our lawyer present.”
Capt Dawie Pretorius said he was not aware of the situation and could not comment if a criminal case had not been opened.
*Lowvelder will keep you updated with any further news.
