Major General Ben Groenewald has confirmed he is attending a United Nations anti-brutality convention in Costa Rica and says he hopes a result on a police brutality investigation will be completed before he leaves.
A video of security personnel violently beating prison escapees was leaked online two and a half years ago, prompting international condemnation.
Ben Groenewald says the case had been shelved but he reopened it after taking up his job.
He says he hopes the DPP will comment soon.
