{"id":59882,"date":"2016-11-15T10:29:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T08:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=59882"},"modified":"2016-11-15T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:11:13","slug":"coffin-video-leads-to-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/15\/coffin-video-leads-to-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffin video leads to criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the video, a terrified man can be seen lying in a coffin with only his head and shoulders sticking out.<\/p>\n<p>Two men ask him if he is going to talk and then proceed to try in close him in the coffin by pushing down on the lid.<\/p>\n<p>They threaten to douse him with petrol and also to throw a snake into the coffin.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/byTYlZ69u5Q' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The Economic Freedom Fighters has released a press release saying that the party\u2019s leadership will attend the court case, set to be held in Middelburg tomorrow (Wednesday), wherein two farm workers, Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson, will appear on charges of kidnapping and assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>The man in the coffin has been identified as Victor Rethabile Mlotshwa.<\/p>\n<p>Read update here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59948\/update-three-major-political-parties-to-protest-during-coffin-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Three major political parties to protest during coffin case<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59908\/update-juju-on-his-way-to-middelburg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Juju on his way to Middelburg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59900\/update-prepare-for-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Prepare for chaos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis humiliation can be based on nothing else but his blackness, which means it is in actual fact a humiliation of black people as a whole,\u201d the EFF statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Read previous story here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59894\/opvolg-doodskis-was-vir-afgestorwe-werker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opvolg: Doodskis was vir afgestorwe werker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-59882 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/15\/coffin-video-leads-to-criminal-charges\/attachment\/coffin2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/11\/coffin2-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/15\/coffin-video-leads-to-criminal-charges\/attachment\/coffin3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/11\/coffin3-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/15\/coffin-video-leads-to-criminal-charges\/attachment\/coffin4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/11\/coffin4-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/15\/coffin-video-leads-to-criminal-charges\/attachment\/coffin5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/11\/coffin5-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-59883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/11\/coffin5-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/11\/coffin5-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/11\/coffin5.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-59883'>\n\t\t\t\tA photo that was published on the EFF Middelburg group on Facebook.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The statement claims that the incident took place on a farm near Komati Power Station in the Middelburg region.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022A criminal case was opened at the Blinkpan Police.<\/p>\n<p>Read other news here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59894\/opvolg-doodskis-was-vir-afgestorwe-werker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opvolg: Doodskis was vir afgestorwe werker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59880\/dam-styg-en-styg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dam styg en styg!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59750\/ons-pottie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ons Pottie\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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