Woman claims ex-minister whipped her

POLICE at Tses are investigating a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm against former Cabinet minister Willem Konjore.

The complainant, Julien Kido (22), alleges that Konjore pushed her to the ground, kicked her and hit her in the face with a clenched fist before whipping her with a sjambok last week.Kido claimed she could not escape the sjambok attack because Jeffrey Stephanus, Michael Konjore and Essie Kahoe were holding her down. The complainant laid assault charges against these three men too.Police have confirmed the case (CR 09/03/2012).When contacted, Konjore said: ‘I understand that case was reported to the Police, and don’t want to comment now.’ Kido claimed Konjore got angry when she refused to answer him. ”With whom do you have a love affair,” he asked me twice. ‘When I did not respond to his question out of respect, he asked for the third time while walking towards me. I then responded that all of us are in love relationships. This made him angry and he attacked me,’ Kido said.Kido claimed Konjore called her back and started questioning her while she was leaving the premises of the Ecumenical School at Khoichas in the Vaalgras area after she had dropped off her sister’s children last Tuesday.Kido claimed Konjore said he would pay an admission of guilt fine when she told him about her intentions to lay a criminal charge against him.Konjore is a former Minister of Environment and Tourism and of Youth and Sport.

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