The World - News from June 3, 1987
The number of people detained without charge under South Africa’s state of emergency is about 1,400, down from 8,500 in January, and only 11 children are still in custody, Justice Minister Hendrik J. Coetsee told Parliament. Adriaan Vlok, the minister of law and order, told a news conference that only 11 children under the age of 16 are in custody, down from a total of 280 in February. There are estimates that up to 30,000 people have been detained since President Pieter W. Botha declared a state of emergency June 12, 1986.
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