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	<type>AMNESTY DECISIONS</type>
				<names>PETER FIHLI MBONGO</names>
		<matter>AM 5489/97</matter>
				<decision>GRANTED</decision>
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			<text>DECISION</text>
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			<text>                                                                                            </text>
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			<text>The applicant was convicted of being in illegal possession of a firearm (an AK - 47) in Sebokeng during December 1984 and of committing public violence during the same period.  He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment on each count.  He was granted indemnity during 1993 - 1994.</text>
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			<text>This Committee is bound by the indemnity decision - see Section 48 (2) Act 34 of 1995.  The Committee is satisfied that the applicant who was a supporter of the then banned ANC, committed the said offences, that he has made a full disclosure of the relevant facts and that the acts were associated with a political objective.</text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>Amnesty is GRANTED for:</text>
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			<text>1. the illegal possession of an AK - 47 during December 1984 at Sebokeng.</text>
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			<text>2. committing public violence during 1984 at Sebokeng.</text>
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			<text>SIGNED AT CAPE TOWN ON THIS</text>
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			<speaker>        </speaker>
			<text>DAY OF</text>
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			<speaker>            </speaker>
			<text>2000.</text>
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			<text>                         </text>
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