- A Cape Town man has accused police officers of forcing him to strip in public after he simply asked them as question

- The police officers had earlier arrested a builder at his home and he had gone to inquire what had happened

- He has opened a case against the officers in question

A man in Cape Town, South Africa, has accused police officers in his area of forcing him to strip and reveal himself in public simply because he had asked them a question.

Anthony Lotz says police officers forced him to strip in public

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56-year-old Anthony Lotz claims that the police officers put him through the humiliation on Wednesday after he saw them arresting a builder working at his house and went to inquire what the problem was.

He further says that people in his neighborhood, both men and women, came out curiously to watch the spectacle of an undressed man in public. He says he could not disobey the officers' orders for fear of being arrested.

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Anthony adds that even his wife is embarrassed to come out because people in his neighborhood are talking.

He has now opened a case against the officers for criminally impairing his dignity and harassing him.

To see a similar case of police harassment in South Africa caught on camera, check out the video below.

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