Pretoria – Suspended national police commissioner Riah Phiyega changed a statement prepared by police shortly before addressing media about the 34 strikers killed in Marikana on August 16, 2012.

She removed reference to the number of people killed and added that police were forced to use “maximum force” to defend themselves, Lindela Mashigo, a brigadier at the time and responsible for the police’s communications department, told the inquiry into Phiyega’s fitness to hold office.

On August 17, Phiyega dictated to him the changes in the statement to be read to journalists about the previous day’s events.

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