Murder and torture - Ipid probes allegations against top cop Phahlane's chosen few
'The men in Phahlane’s team, says an Ipid source, are the “go-to guys ” when cops at the top of the heap are in trouble with the law'
A team of cops formed by acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane - some of its members are suspected of being involved in assassinations, kidnapping and torture - is of concern to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), which is intensifying its investigations into the beleaguered general. "We are concerned that Phahlane's team members are again abusing their power, this time to weaken the state's case against [him]," said Ipid spokesman Moses Dlamini. Ipid confirmed to The Times that it has reopened murder, torture and kidnapping investigations into several policemen on the team formed by Phahlane. It has been alleged that the general was bribed to award contracts when he headed the police forensic services division. He has also been accused of money-laundering. Phahlane has refused to co-operate with Ipid's investigators. Ipid spokesman Dlamini confirmed to The Times that the directorate had recently reopened murder and torture investigations into se...
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