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Namibia: Police investigate ‘mentally challenged’ man wrongfully detained for 6 months – News

Namibia: Police investigate ‘mentally challenged’ man wrongfully detained for 6 months – News

Africa Links 24 with Beatrice Prins
Published on 2024-11-10 06:00:00

Deputy commissioner Gottfried Kuanda says the police are investigating a case of a mentally challenged man wrongly held in the Lüderitz police holding cells for six months.

He says cell records indicate that Tangi Shiimi (29) appeared in court, but currently “the matter is still under investigation”.

Shiimi was allegedly wrongly arrested and detained by police officers from 4 June to 22 December 2022.

A sworn statement by Shiimi’s mother, Sophia Shikongo, states that her son…

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