Mmusi Maimane wants to know why SAPS is dragging its feet on the Gupta probe
AS IT "has now been almost half a year" since his party laid corruption charges against Atul and Ajay Gupta‚ Mmusi Maimane is demanding that the country’s top cop say when the investigation will be completed."The public remains in the dark on this matter, while the Guptas and President (Jacob) Zuma continue to raid government in order to benefit themselves personally‚" the DA leader said on Wednesday.Maimane said he had written to acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane‚ "requesting that he clarify the following":• What progress had been made with regards to these charges;• Whether the South African Police Service (SAPS) had initiated an investigation;• If an investigation had not been initiated, the reasons for this;• If there was an investigation, who was the investigating officer; and• The expected date of completion of the investigation.Maimane said Phahlane has to explain "why the South African Police Service is dragging its feet" as the DA had laid criminal charg...
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