China News Agency, Johannesburg, July 19 (Reporter Wang Xi) South African Police Minister Celai visited KwaZulu Natal on the 19th to inspect the progress of the recovery of stolen goods after the riots in the province.
According to him, the South African police have so far arrested 5 suspects for inciting riots, and the arrests will continue, and more suspects will be arrested.
A few days ago, the imprisonment of former South African President Zuma triggered protests by his supporters, but the protests then turned into large-scale riots. Frequent incidents of smashing, looting and burning not only caused a large number of casualties, but also caused huge economic losses.
So far, at least 212 people have unfortunately lost their lives, and 3,400 people have been arrested and put in prison.
Sele said that through the cooperation of the South African police and the National Defense Forces, the situation in South Africa has been basically brought under control, and the areas where the riots have occurred have also entered a period of reconstruction.
At present, the South African police are stepping up investigations of the suspects suspected of inciting riots, and five people have been arrested one after another.
With the gradual deepening of the investigation, the South African police will arrest more suspects and bring them to justice.
According to Celai, in response to the arrest of more than 3,000 suspects, the South African judiciary has established a special court to deal with these cases urgently.
On the same day, the South African Constitutional Court resumed the trial of Zuma's alleged corruption case. Previously, Zuma's team of lawyers delayed the trial of this case for about three years through various reasons.
Currently, the former president faces 16 charges of fraud and money laundering.
On that day, Zuma, who was serving his sentence, was dressed in formal attire and quietly attended the trial through video.
However, in order to prevent Zuma’s supporters from instigating the incident again, the South African government deployed a large number of police forces in Pietermaritzburg, the capital of KwaZulu Natal province, Zuma’s hometown, to prevent the previous tensions from "resurging."
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