João Rendeiro complains about inhumane conditions in prison

“Little more can be said. These are not human conditions,” said June Marks.

The lawyer said she was instructed by João Rendeiro to file a complaint with the United Nations about the conditions ” prison” from Westville prison, near the South African city of Durban, where he has been held since December 13.

June Marks underlined that the former president of the defunct Banco Privado Português (BPP) has heart problems and that in the last week he consulted a prison doctor who expressed concern about his health and the prevalence of tuberculosis in the prison, one of the largest in South Africa.

“He has a respiratory infection and we are trying to get medication”, said the lawyer, adding that Rendeiro had a fever, but that during a telephone conversation today he seemed “a little better” – something that he himself replied to journalists, while coughing, when asked when he sat down if in the dock.

Contacted by Lusa, the services Prison officials in South Africa denied that there were any health problems as reported, but did not go into further detail.

João Rendeiro was again present in court today in Verulam, Durban, for a session in which the documents of the extradition request sent by Portugal were accepted by the magistrate Johan Van Rooyen, who presides over the session.

However, one of the seals of the documents was violated and the Public Ministry will ask that the they are returned through diplomatic channels to Portugal to be reviewed and resealed.

The extradition request will be analyzed on 27 January.

Spokesperson of the South African Public Prosecutor’s Office, Natasha Ramkisson-Kara, said that “if the request is granted, verification will be requested from Portugal and, when this is resolved, extradition can begin”.

No At the end of the session, Rendeiro returned to Westville Prison, where he remains in detention.

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