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Eugene de Kock, 66, was the head of the South African government's elite 'death squad' responsible for silencing political opponents and dissidents; namely those belonging to the African National Congress, the party who campaigned for the end of apartheid politics and have now governed South Africa since 1994.
de Kok, nicknamed "Pure Evil", confessed to over 100 counts of murder, torture and fraud. Sentenced to two life sentences concurrent with 212 years in gaol, de Kock has been released by the South African Ministry of Justice on grounds of "nation building", equally stressing that such an act is guaranteed by the South African constitution.
Upon Mandela's ascension to the Presidency in 1994 de Kock confessed to his listed crimes due to an amnesty issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Amnesties were granted only to human rights violations of a political nature and only to those who confessed; de Kock was granted a limited amnesty but still went to gaol.
As a police colonel he accepted full responsibility for his crimes and named the issuing police commander for each of his assignments not only in South Africa but also Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Angola. Since being incarcerated de Kok wrote to the relatives of his victims to plead forgiveness and stressed;
Some of these relatives accepted his pleas and welcome his release commenting that de Kock was carrying orders from superiors and that those superiors were the ones who ought to have been brought to justice yet got away instead.
The South African government have not yet disclosed exactly when de Kock will be released.
Eugene de Kock, 66, was the head of the South African government's elite 'death squad' responsible for silencing political opponents and dissidents; namely those belonging to the African National Congress, the party who campaigned for the end of apartheid politics and have now governed South Africa since 1994.
de Kok, nicknamed "Pure Evil", confessed to over 100 counts of murder, torture and fraud. Sentenced to two life sentences concurrent with 212 years in gaol, de Kock has been released by the South African Ministry of Justice on grounds of "nation building", equally stressing that such an act is guaranteed by the South African constitution.
Upon Mandela's ascension to the Presidency in 1994 de Kock confessed to his listed crimes due to an amnesty issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Amnesties were granted only to human rights violations of a political nature and only to those who confessed; de Kock was granted a limited amnesty but still went to gaol.
As a police colonel he accepted full responsibility for his crimes and named the issuing police commander for each of his assignments not only in South Africa but also Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Angola. Since being incarcerated de Kok wrote to the relatives of his victims to plead forgiveness and stressed;
Eugene de Kock
Some of these relatives accepted his pleas and welcome his release commenting that de Kock was carrying orders from superiors and that those superiors were the ones who ought to have been brought to justice yet got away instead.
The South African government have not yet disclosed exactly when de Kock will be released.
