full_name: Bernard ‘Besa’ Koelman
firstname: Bernard ‘Besa’
description: A UDF supporter who was detained in Oudtshoorn, Cape, in May 1985, and charged with public violence for which he was later acquitted. During his interrogation, he was assaulted at the Oudtshoorn police station by named members of the SAP. He was detained under emergency regulations in 1986 and again in 1988. See police brutality.