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CAMP. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN A PROTEST AGAINST THE MANDATORY REPATRIATION POLICY.
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THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION HAS REVEALED THAT THE 52-YEAR OLD INMATE HAD A RUPTURED SPLEEN AND TWO FRACTURED RIBS. THE CIRCUMSTANC- ES OF DEATH ARE NOW THE SUBJECT OF A FULL POLICE INVESTIGATION. THE OTHER ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT WILL BE INVESTIGATED THROUGH THE NORMAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE PROCEDURES.
6. REPORTS OF THE DISTURBANCES AND ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE POLICE HAVE REACHED THE LOCAL PRESS AND WILL NO DOUBT BE REPEATED IN LONDON. OUR RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES HAS SO FAR BEEN TO CONFIRM THAT A DISTURBANCE TOOK PLACE ON THE NIGHT OF 23/24 JULY AND THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. WE HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED AND THAT A 52-YEAR OLD VBP COLLAPSED AND DIED IN THE CAMP DURING THE DISTURBANCE.
7. HOWEVER, THE RESULTS OF THE POST MORTEM ARE BOUND TO BECOME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. WE THEREFORE INTEND AT THAT POINT TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL LINE WITH THE PRESS: CONFIRM THAT POST MORTEM REVEALS THAT THE DECEASED DID NOT DIE OF NATURAL CAUSES, AND THAT THE CASE IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF POLICE INVESTIGATION: IF NO CRIMINAL PROSECUT- ION RESULTS, THE MATTER WILL BE REFERRED TO THE CORONER FOR INVESTIGATION. SEPARATELY, ANY SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATIONS BY THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICE.
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