Police Minister Fikile Mbalula could be heading for a bruising session with parliamentarians this week following the wrongful arrests of 10 suspects who were allegedly held for hours only for him to boast about it on social media. Legal experts who spoke to TimesLIVE say that “Razzmatazz”‚ as he is affectionately known‚ contravened the law and that his actions are punishable. Member of the police portfolio committee and DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard said Mbalula was out of order and should pay for violating the suspects’ rights after police cable-tied their hands and forced them to lie face down for hours. “I will be raising this with the committee and I just believe he should be sued in his personal capacity for that. What crime intelligence is there in stopping a group of people going to a funeral with a coffin?” she asked. “He is not a police officer and he is not a lawyer [so] for him to pre-determine guilt shows that he is just so out of his depth‚ he is clueless‚” said Barnard. ...
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