By Brig Dirk Lambrechts

Question:
Towards the end of 2023, there were numerous calls that “police killings must be made high treason”. In fact, supporters of this recommendation that police killers must be charged with the offence of “high treason” included both POPCRU and SAPU.
A reader asked Pollex whether such a move, namely to charge police killers with “high treason” would provide for harsher sentences to the perpetrators.

Answer:
It is of course not the first time that such recommendations are being made.