SA officer in military court
A high-ranking South African peacekeeper who was stationed in the DRC and charged with sexually abusing his teenage male interpreter has appeared in a military court.
The sexual misconduct case against 45-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel Koos van Breda, the officer commanding the frontline 2 SA Infantry Battalion when the incident took place in September 2003, went before the Thaba Tshwane Military Court in Pretoria yesterday.
A UN investigation into the allegations made by Van Breda’s accuser – one of seven sexual misconduct boards of inquiry against South African peacekeepers in the past two years – slammed the lack of action taken by the South African contingent in dealing with the boy’s claims as “inappropriate”. Van Breda has served with the SANDF for 25 years. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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21 Novembre 2006 à 18:58 dans
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