Museum sues over arrests
Publish date: 02 February 2007
Issue Number: 1757
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: General
The SA National Museum of Military History is making a civil claim against the National Defence Force over a raid on the museum in 2005. Museum director Major John Keene confirmed there was a claim under way.
A report on the IoL site speculates the claim could cost the defence force up to R3m for unlawful arrest, detention without medical care and pain and suffering. In January 2005 Keene and two curators, Susanne Blendulf and Richard Henry, were arrested after military intelligence and police raided the museum in Johannesburg. This after receiving information that \'war-capable weapons and vehicles\' were being stored on the premises. The three were later released without charge. Full report on IoL site
