Kenya: Why Man in the Viral Flogging Video Won't Press Charges

The young man who was filmed being mercilessly whipped by four men has presented himself to the Directorate of Criminal investigations.

But in a strange twist of events, it has emerged that the victim, 26-year-old Benson Merian Pasile, is not keen on pressing charges against his assailants, two of whom are already in police custody.

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