State Advocate Drushantha Ramsamy's accusations, alongside former IDAC head Andrea Johnson's admissions and senior investigator Mantsha Robert Raphesu's testimony, unveil critical discrepancies in the IDAC Crime Intelligence probe during the Madlanga Commission hearings.
Former Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Advocate Andrea Johnson admitted legal processes were misused, while two investigators disputed whether the Section 27 affidavit before the commission was the same document that underpinned the Crime Intelligence investigation.
The Madlanga Commission spent the week examining how IDAC handled investigations arising from MP Fadiel Adams' Section 27 referral alleging corruption within the SAPS Crime Intelligence.
Witnesses gave sharply conflicting accounts of the document that underpinned the investigation, how the inquiry expanded beyond Adams' referral, and the decisions that culminated in the arrests of several senior police officials.
Together, the week's evidence raised fresh questions about how IDAC investigations were initiated, managed, and documented, particularly in cases that resulted in the arrests of senior Crime Intelligence officials.
