RUSTENBURG – National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega is due to face more questions under cross-examination at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry on Monday morning.

Phiyega began testifying last week about the police’s conduct when 34 miners were killed last year during a violent unprotected strike.

The national commissioner has come under fire for rushing to make a statement about the shooting in 2012, without considering that there could been a different version of events.

Despite a statement by a police officer who saw another officer shooting an already wounded miner, Phiyega said she stands by the police’s actions.

She has sympathised with the families of the victims and maintains that the killings were deeply regrettable.

Her cross-examination continues on Monday morning.

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