Closing arguments to be heard in Imam Abdullah Haron Haron inquest

CAPE TOWN - The family of anti-apartheid struggle activist Imam Abdullah Haron could be one step closer to finding closure.

Lawyers for his family are presenting closing arguments at the inquest into his death on Monday.

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Haron died in police custody in September 1969.

The Foundation for Human Rights assisted in reopening the inquest.

Haron was an imam at the Stegman Road Mosque in Claremont.

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He was a critic of apartheid policies.

An initial inquest in 1970 ruled that Haron had fallen to his death by accident.

In May last year, the Justice Minister formally requested that the Western Cape High Court, reopen the inquest.