Claws are out as police watchdog Robert McBride warns his Hawks accuser
Independent Police Investigative Directorate head Robert McBride has warned Gauteng Hawks boss Major-General Prince Mokotedi: be careful "if you play with a cat that the cat is not playing with you". The top police watchdog invited Mokotedi to a public polygraph test to prove the allegations of treason‚ espionage and conspiracy to commit murder that Mokotedi levelled at him on Monday. He responding on Tuesday to explosive claims that he‚ private investigator Paul O’Sullivan‚ former Gauteng Hawks head Shadrack Sibiya and suspended crime intelligence agent Captain Candice Coetzee were part of a plot to assassinate high-ranking police and government officials. Mokotedi made the allegations in a sworn statement on Monday. McBride said: "This will collapse like the rendition matter collapsed ... we are unafraid‚ we are not intimidated." No amount of smoke and mirrors could change the truth, McBride said. The Ipid chief said he was being targeted for his focus on systemic corruption in to...
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