Mchunu ‘has nothing to hide’ – says spokesperson

JOHANNESBURG – Senzo Mchunu’s spokesperson, Sithembiso Mshengu, says the embattled Police Minister has nothing to cover. 

This follows Mchunu handing over his devices to police amid ongoing investigations.

Mshengu says police officers referred to as the minister early Thursday night, asking him to be at residence so they might execute a search and seizure warrant. 

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He says the minister consulted his authorized group, who, along with the police, got here to his official residence in Pretoria, the place devices had been then handed over to the police and sealed for them to proceed with their investigation.

“We heard that somebody was afraid of pictures. The minister doesn’t care. They can go from the beginning to the end of his gadgets. He has nothing to fear. He has nothing to hide. Those gadgets are for him to pursue his responsibilities,” Mshengu stated.

The improvement follows claims by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that Mchunu, who’s on particular depart, has been partaking in corrupt actions.

Mkhwanazi alleged that the minister has relations with alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi and suspected underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.

Mchunu additionally faces criticism for allegedly instructing the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team, which was established to probe politically motivated murders in KwaZulu-Natal.

The allegations deepened when a witness, recognized solely as Witness C, testified earlier than the ongoing Matlanga Commission final week that Matlala had bankrolled Mchunu’s marketing campaign for ANC president, together with different questionable transactions.

Mshengu, nonetheless, dismissed the claims, sustaining that the minister has by no means acquired any cash or favours from any individual in relation to the matter, insisting he doesn’t have any relations with Matlala.

“He has never met Matlala, nor been in a train, in a plane, in a taxi. He has never had a lunch, dinner or breakfast with him.  He has never slept in a hotel with him, let alone sleeping in his posh penthouse.  He has no relation whatsoever with Cat Matlala.” 

With Mchunu’s devices now within the arms of the police, Mshengu says he believes that when officers are executed with them, they may carry them again in order that the Minister continues to organize for his day on the Matlanga Commission.