'I had nothing to do with it': State security cop unmoved by Neil Aggett's death

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Joseph Woensdregt, a police officer called in to interrogate Dr Neil Aggett, conceded on Tuesday that he had not been bothered by his death because of the type of work he did.

Neil Aggett's parents Aubrey and Joy and sister Jill are joined by mourners at his 1982 funeral. Archive image.A police officer called in to interrogate Dr Neil Aggett conceded on Tuesday that he had not been bothered by his death because of the type of work he did.trade unionist and medical doctor, at John Vorster Square police station just days before his death in 1982.

He was facing cross-examination by the National Prosecuting Authority’s Jabulani Mlotshwa at a fresh inquest into the fatal events of 1982. Testifying through a translator at the virtual hearings, the white-haired Woensdregt answered: “In a career as a police officer, you see many deaths and other things to such an extent that death does not touch you.”

 

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Are we talking about the state security of the pre 1994 Nationalist Party or the current ANC state security because they seem very similar,in the way they operate,reading what happened at the Zondo Commision today. Very frightening how much the one learnt from the other😳😳😳😳

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