PONNEN, Murugas ‘Mari’

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Was detained in 1965 and continually harassed by members of the Special Branch in Chatsworth, Durban, with regard to her brother, Mr George Gangen Ponnen, an underground SACP/ANC activist and a leader of the trade union movement in South Africa. Ms Ponnen and her husband were interrogated as to the whereabouts of Gangen Ponnen and questioned about any communication they might have had with him.