As the time approached for the implementation of those sections of the UN independence plan calling for the release of all political prisoners, the authorities continued to use Proclamation AG 9 to hold their opponents. Although some releases were reported, police denied all knowledge of other suspected detainees and also detained a number of PLAN combatants captured during April.
Alleged SWAPO fighters captured by the regime were detained under Proclamation AG 9 during April. Twenty-eight of them were handed over to Angola while four others were said to have requested amnesty. However, one of these Silas HAIMENE, denied having made any such request and said he was being hounded by security branch personnel trying to turn him into an informer. He was first detained at his family home in Grootfontein on 5 April after being in the country since at least 22 March.
