hrvtrans HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SUBMISSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1997-06-10 EAST LONDON 2 MRS DOREEN ROUSSEAU EC52/96 ELN https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=55239&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/hrvtrans/hrvel2/elnrous.htm REV XUNDU Can I ask you to stand whilst I swear you in Mrs Doreen Rousseau. MRS DOREEN ROUSSEAU (Sworn states) REV FINCA I welcome you Doreen Rousseau and June Crichton will direct your questions to you on behalf of the panel. MISS CRICHTON Thank you Mr Chairperson. Good morning Mrs Rousseau are you comfy? MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON MRS ROUSSEAU Yes I still need treatment. MISS CRICHTON MRS ROUSSEAU Not the foot, my hand. MISS CRICHTON For your hand. MRS ROUSSEAU Yes, I have problems here at the wrist and my thumb. MISS CRICHTON MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON So how would you anticipate paying for surgery such as that? MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON You say you lost your job, what kind of work were you doing? MRS ROUSSEAU I was working at the S.P.C.A. at the animal sanctuary. MISS CRICHTON And you are not working now? MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON You mentioned that your attitude towards the perpetrators is very similar to that of Mr Belling, would you like to explain on that any further or add to that? MRS ROUSSEAU Well I just feel that innocent people were shot and injured that night and I just feel that they should be found and brought to justice. MISS CRICHTON So you are saying then that if you ... Would you or would you not like to meet the perpetrators of this event? MRS ROUSSEAU To meet them? MISS CRICHTON Yes. MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON What are your expectations from the Commission Doreen? MRS ROUSSEAU Sorry? MISS CRICHTON What are your expectations from the Commission? MRS ROUSSEAU Well I would like help financially and I would like help with a medical aid. MISS CRICHTON Did you approach any attorney at all as Mr Belling did? MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON Who was that? MRS ROUSSEAU MISS CRICHTON MRS ROUSSEAU I still have terrible nightmares. I wake up in the night and I see this man standing in my doorway with a gun. MISS CRICHTON MRS ROUSSEAU Yes, my medical aid has expired. MISS CRICHTON So that would be something that you would wish to continue? MRS ROUSSEAU Yes, I would, yes please. MISS CRICHTON MRS ROUSSEAU REV FINCA Mr Sandi? MR SANDI Thank you Mr Chairman. Mrs Rousseau I notice that in your statement you make mention of a certain group with the name APLA. Did you know about this group before the shooting? MRS ROUSSEAU MR SANDI What did you know or hear about them after the shooting? MRS ROUSSEAU MR SANDI Thank you. Thank you Chairman. REV FINCA