FRAUD INVESTIGATION
Phahlane to respond to police watchdog’s damning corruption affidavit
Ipid filed the affidavit after announcing it had expanded the corruption charges against Phahlane to include money laundering‚ defeating the ends of justice and racketeering
Acting national police commissioner Lt-Gen Khomotso Phahlane is expected to file his replying affidavit in two weeks’ time in his case against the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid). Ipid filed a damning answering affidavit at the High Court in Pretoria last week, detailing the police watchdog’s probe into Phahlane over claims of defeating the ends of justice and corruption. Piet du Plessis, Phahlane’s lawyer, said he and his client would peruse Ipid’s affidavit this week. De Plessis declined to respond in the media to any specific allegations made by Ipid in the affidavit and said his client denied any wrongdoing. "We consider it on his [Phahlane’s] instruction as a fishing expedition and as gossip. He can explain everything and will do so in due course." Ipid filed the affidavit after announcing it had expanded the corruption charges against Phahlane to include money laundering‚ defeating the ends of justice and racketeering. In the affidavit, Ipid investigator Ma...
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