Ex-police minister gets no jail time
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A police minister from South Africa’s apartheid era and four police officers received suspended sentences after pleading guilty to attempting to kill a leading black activist in 1989.
Adriaan Vlok and his former police chief, Johann van der Merwe, were given 10-year sentences, but will serve no time if they commit no crimes in the next five years.
The accused tried to kill anti-apartheid activist and cleric Frank Chikane by lacing his underwear with poison. He became violently ill.
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