YASMINE SOOKA
In 1960 the first state of emergency saw the introduction of detention without trial.  In 1963 detention without trial was made a permanent feature of our law by the passing of the General Laws Amendment Act no.37.  This Act was passed after the killing of two people of the White race and the near fatal attack on three others by the PAC at the end of 1962.  Under the 90 days detention legislation a detainee could be held in custody for interrogation until he had, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police replied satisfactorily to all questions.  If the Commissioner felt that questions had not been satisfactorily answered the detention of the detainee could be extended.  The detainee was only permitted visits each week by a magistrate.  Legal
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advisors were not permitted access to detainees.  The detainee was also not permitted visits by anybody else. Suliman Salojee, known as Bubla, was the fourth person to die in detention.
 By 1990 78,000 people had been detained of which 73 died.  In 33 instances inquest courts had certified the cause of death as suicide.  Of these five had allegedly been found to have jumped off buildings.
 Suliman Salojee a 32 year old attorney's clerk was detained on July 6 1964.  On September the 9th he allegedly fell to his death, 60 feet from the seventh floor office at the Grey's(?).  Suliman was married to Rokaya who will now tell you his and her story.  Rokaya tell your story slowly.