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South African police launch hunt for alleged illegal mining ‘kingpin’

South African police launch hunt for alleged illegal mining ‘kingpin’

Escape of James Neo Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national known as Tiger, described as an ‘embarrassment’

South African police are hunting an alleged “kingpin” of illegal mining after he escaped from custody following a rescue operation last week in which 78 bodies were brought out of an illicit goldmine.

James Neo Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national known as Tiger, has been accused by other illegal miners of being a ringleader who was allegedly responsible for assaults, tortures and deaths underground, as well as keeping food from others, the South African Police Service said.

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