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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A former police minister whose name is synonymous with the brutal repression of apartheid's political opponents is to stand trial for the poisoning of a high-ranking government official, prosecutors said Monday.
Adriaan Vlok and four other former police officials have been charged with attempted murder in connection with an alleged 1989 plot to kill the Rev. Frank Chikane, now a top aide in President Thabo Mbeki's office.
Chikane was secretary-general of the South African Council of Churches when his clothes were laced with a poison that attacked his nervous system.
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