April 23, 1997
STATEMENT FROM THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
Subpoenas were served today on five former Security policemen requiring them to give evidence or answer questions relating to the identity of alleged informers and relevant to investigations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The subpoenas were sent to the legal representatives of Brigadier Jack Cronje, Colonel Roelf Venter, Captain Wouter Mentz, Captain Jacques Hechter and Warrant Officer Paul van Vuuren.
They will be required to appear at an investigative inquiry of the Commission in Cape Town on May 20. The subpoenas have been issued with a view to assisting the Investigative Unit of the Commission with its inquiries into human rights violations.