South Africa: Hold for Am Mozambican 'Rhino Poacher' Disappears From Police Custody

The chairperson of the Private Rhino Owners Association, Pelham Jones, has called for heads to roll and answers from government, after a seriously wounded prisoner, believed to be a Mozambican rhino poacher, disappeared from East London's Frere Hospital without a trace in the early hours of Friday morning.

Management at the hospital refused to comment on the matter on Friday, and the media liason officer for the Eastern Cape Department of Health Services, Sizwe Kupelo, referred News24 to the South African Police Services.

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