Outrage in South Africa

Last week a 3 year old girl in South Africa was beaten and raped. She is still alive. The man responsible was released on bail yesterday. He is walking the streets. If you are too busy to read this then just sign your name and forward this on.

The Government is planning to close the child protection unit and this is a petition against it. This is a very important petition. It is an essential part of the justice system for children. You may have already heard that there's a myth in South Africa that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS.

The younger the virgin, the more potent the cure. This has led to an epidemic of rapes by infected males, with the correspondent infection of innocent kids. Many have died in these cruel rapes. Recently in Cape Town , a 9-month-old baby was raped by 6 men. Please think about that for a moment. The child abuse situation is now reaching catastrophic proportions and if we don't do something, then who will?

Kindly add your name to the bottom of the list and please pass this on to as many people as you know.

If you are signature no.: 1000 - please forward the mail-list to childprotectpca@saps.org.za .

Please don't be complacent, do something about the kids of South Africa . You can make a difference. That child is fighting for life. This is just 1 of the million cases of child abuse, so please pledge your support and help keep CPU (CHILD PROTECTION UNIT) open. Please give your support to the petition and ensure that it goes to as many people as possible. Please don't just leave it, make a difference.

In order to write your name copy this message and paste it in a new mail (compose). Or click on forward and add your name to the list and send it on to others. Again, if you are number 1000 please send this to: childprotectpca@saps.org.za

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Our Response

According to www.progress.org.za, this legend is false.

PUBLIC WARNED OF HOAX EMAIL ABOUT UNIT CLOSURE

The public were warned by police on Tuesday not to heed claims in a hoax email about the closure of the Child Protection Unit.

"This email that has been doing the rounds is full of malicious intent and is completely false," said police spokesman Captain Percy Morokane.

Morokane said the unit, known since 1995 as the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS), was not going to be closed as long as the offences it dealt with were present in the country.

The email states in one sentence that police intend to close the unit and offers no explanation of this or where the information originates. It then goes on to talk about the emotive subject of infant rapes and urges the reader to "do something".

Recipients are told to add their names to the bottom of the email and pass it on to others and then email the petition to police each time the list increases by 120 names.

The police email address supplied is not a valid one. "Anyone who receives this email is urged to delete it and not to forward it on to others," Morokane said. He said the FCS had dedicated members who were committed to their work and known the world over for their outstanding efforts. "We advise people not to fall into this scam. "It is a complete hoax and if the originators of the email are traced they are liable to be prosecuted as their efforts are jeopardising police work by creating unnecessary panic."

Morokane said police time was being diverted from important work such as that done by the FCS by having to answer queries about the non-existent closure.

Sapa
Kind regards
Senior Superintendent Anneke Pienaar

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