Detained SA men still not charged
2008-08-25 14:51
Johannesburg - Two South Africans detained in Uganda are still undergoing questioning and have not had any charges put to them, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
Spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said the SA High Commissioner Henry Chiliza visited the two relief workers on Monday.
Mufti Hussain Bhayat of Lenasia and Haroon Saley of Azaadville were detained last week during a stopover at Entebbe International Airport in Kampala.
The two are being held at the offices of Uganda's Joint Security offices in Kampala.
Monday's meeting took place after Ugandan officials granted the high commissioner permission to meet with the detainees.
The two South Africans were arrested along with two Ugandans who have subsequently been released.
The men told the high commissioner on Monday that they were satisfied with the conditions in which they were being held.
Uganda's New Vision online newspaper said they were taken in by a joint anti-terrorism task force with two other Ugandan Muslims who had gone to the airport to meet them. However their family's lawyer Yousha Tayob said he had not received any firm reason for their detention.
On Sunday New Vision reported that army Major Paddy Ankunda said the two were suspected of being involved in terrorism activities and that they had not been tortured.
- SAPA