Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan testifies before the Madlanga Commission about police management's inaction on complaints about Major-General Feroz Khan.
Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan told the Madlanga Commission on Monday that the now-retired top cops, former National Commissioner General Khehla Sitole and Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, the former Hawks head, were warned about Major General Feroz Khan’s alleged involvement with illicit cigarette smugglers, but no action was taken.
O’Sullivan was testifying before the Commission, where he stated that the infiltration of police by criminal syndicates was nothing new, citing that as early as the 1990s senior law enforcement officers were convicted for criminality.
He said in 2021, he received a tip-off about Khan, the deputy head of Crime Intelligence and head of Counter and Security Intelligence, that he was involved with illicit cigarette smugglers, and sent a complaint to Sitole and Lebeya.
“My complaint raised allegations of General Khan’s involvement with persons involved in the illegal tobacco trade. It also pointed out the extraordinary conflict of interests presented by General Khan’s position as a director of multiple companies, including two motor spares businesses, while he was a General in crime intelligence,” O’Sullivan said.
