The judge leading the commission wants the former Hawks head honcho to explain why he basically sounded the alarm about supposed fake cops during a raid on some accused killer's mansion in Johannesburg. The whole thing almost turned into cops shooting each other when different units showed up and started pointing guns around because someone said impostors were pretending to be Hawks officers.
This dude, Lebeya, apparently got info about people faking their badges and sent Hawks teams to check it out, which messed up the whole operation to grab this guy connected to murdering a whistleblower. The commission is trying to figure out if this was just a mix-up or if somebody deliberately tried to wreck the arrest because the suspect allegedly had protection from higher-ups.
The inquiry is looking into whether crime syndicates have infiltrated the police and if politicians are messing with investigations. Hawks officials say it was just confusion about fake officers, but the commission wants Lebeya himself to come explain what actually went down.
This dude, Lebeya, apparently got info about people faking their badges and sent Hawks teams to check it out, which messed up the whole operation to grab this guy connected to murdering a whistleblower. The commission is trying to figure out if this was just a mix-up or if somebody deliberately tried to wreck the arrest because the suspect allegedly had protection from higher-ups.
The inquiry is looking into whether crime syndicates have infiltrated the police and if politicians are messing with investigations. Hawks officials say it was just confusion about fake officers, but the commission wants Lebeya himself to come explain what actually went down.
