JACOBUS JOHANNES DE RU
Chairperson, it was quite evident to me that these people were activists who set out to disrupt the government of the day, to incite violence and I believe that an investigation would have led to this as well.  I acted by arresting these people.  Like I've explained before it then happened that these people were actually shot dead instead of being arrested.  At that stage it was known that there were several attacks on policemen and that several policemen were killed.  I would also like to refer you to instructions from head office which is attached to the documents about how one should act with regards to attacks on police force members and I believed that my actions were in line with the instructions I received.  My motive was to suppress these people and it happened that they got killed.  I saw them as the enemy of the state.