Investigations into Timol's death 'a cover up of the truth' - private investigator tells court
Pretoria - A private investigator commissioned by anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's family has told the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that previous investigations into Timol's death amounted to a "cover up of the truth".
Frank Dutton was testifying at the second sitting of the Ahmed Timol inquest, which is before Judge Billy Mothle.
He said police regarded Timol's arrest as an important arrest. If they wanted to demonstrate to the community that Timol's death was indeed a suicide and not murder, they would have sought an impartial investigation, which they did not.
"They didn't do that. They appointed [a certain general]. He was not impartial, he believed Timol committed suicide."
He told the court that certain individuals should have been subjected to an administrative inquiry, however "there was no inquiry because this was part of a cover up".