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Eugene ‘Prime Evil’ de Kock testifies at Khampepe Commission | Mail & Guardian
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The man who took the fall for apartheid-era atrocities, former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock, has told the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into delayed post-TRC prosecutions that while he served 20 years in C-Max, no one in the prosecutorial authority approached him to provide the names, times a
The Khampepe Commission is examining allegations that the NPA and political figures in the democratic era interfered with or obstructed the investigation and prosecution of unresolved apartheid-era cases.
De Kock joined the South African Police in 1968 and entered counter-insurgency operations in 1983.
Following the transition to democracy, he was convicted in 1996 and sentenced to two life terms plus 212 years in prison.
He was released on parole in 2015 after serving 19 years.
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