DIS Oversight Body Mum On Torture Charges

MP Mephato Reatile has told Monitor that although the allegations were carried in the media and were subsequently investigated by the police, the committee does not have any powers to act on the matter.

He said the committee could have taken up the issue only if someone had approached one of its members to report the matter and that because the case was reported to the police who carried out investigations, it is up to the police to pursue the matter further.