THE Namibian Defence Force (NDF) says it will decide today how much compensation it will pay to two people beaten up just before Christmas by uniformed members of the force after they launched an unheralded crackdown on youths and men wearing earrings.
NDF soldiers beat a teenager and a man in his 20s with sjamboks after ordering them to remove their earrings at two separate locations in Katutura. NDF Chief of Staff Major General Peter Nambundunga confirmed to The Namibian yesterday that he and other senior officers had since met the two victims and that the force would make a gesture to them: either paying their medical costs or some other alternative.He said one victim, Hatani Mao Eichab (27), had refused to accept any offer from the military authorities and insisted on pressing charges.The Namibian could not establish yesterday whether Eichab had yet laid any charges.He earlier said that on the afternoon of December 22 he was cornered, ordered by at least 30 NDF members to
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