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Swaziland
1682. By letter dated 30 November 2004, the Special Rapporteur notified the Government
that he had received allegations concerning Mandlenkhosi Ngubeni, aged 31. On 21 May
2004 at 4 pm, he was arrested at his place of work in Matsapha by police officers in
connection with a theft inquiry, and taken to the Matsapha police station. The following
afternoon, his family was alerted by a friend that he was dead and his body was lying in a
funeral parlour. The family noted that there were visible injuries on his body. They were not
officially informed by the police until 23 May of his death. They were told that he had died at
4am on 22 May. The police initially claimed that he died of natural causes, however, the
Deputy Commissioner of Police called for a special team to conduct the investigation. The
State pathologist conducted a post- mortem on 27 May, and the family has instituted civil legal
proceedings against the police.
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This report has been published by Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights on July 27, 2005.