{"id":287933,"date":"2011-03-03T11:44:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T11:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/south-africa-govt-ombudsman-raided-after-finding-against-police-chief\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T11:44:02","slug":"south-africa-govt-ombudsman-raided-after-finding-against-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/south-africa-govt-ombudsman-raided-after-finding-against-police-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Govt Ombudsman Raided After Finding Against Police Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.798500163\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapa.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a0c69e39sapa180.gif\" alt=\"South African Press Association (Johannesburg)\" title=\"Visit South African Press Association (Johannesburg)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p> 3 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Johannesburg \u2014 The Hawks believe that an unauthorised raid on the public protector&#8217;s  office in Pretoria on Wednesday night was an attempt to get hold of  documents in a damning report against police chief General Bheki Cele.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The belief is they were looking for documents that Cele was refused  access to during the investigation by the Public Protector,&#8221; Hawks  spokesman Macintosh Polela told Sapa on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to emphasise that we are concerned that it is going to be seen  as an intimidation of the office of the Public Protector and we need to  put it on record that we respect and support the office of the Public  Protector.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Public Protector Thuli Madonsela last month issued a report which  concluded that the national police commissioner allegedly unlawfully  authorised a lease agreement for SA Police Service offices.<\/p>\n<p>Cele has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Polela said the raid would be investigated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We condemn the raid and we didn&#8217;t sanction it and we are launching an  investigation to deal with the people that are responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Public Protector&#8217;s spokesman declined to comment immediately, saying  he was drafting a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, we are still working on the official comment,&#8221; said Oupa  Segalwe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t just say things without agreeing on an approach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a0c69e39sapa180-150x25.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103030705.html\" title=\"South Africa: Govt Ombudsman Raided After Finding Against Police Chief\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africa: Govt Ombudsman Raided After Finding Against Police Chief<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 3 March 2011 Johannesburg \u2014 The Hawks believe that an unauthorised raid on the public protector&#8217;s office in Pretoria on Wednesday night was an attempt to get hold of documents in a damning report against police chief General Bheki Cele. &#8220;The belief is they were looking for documents that Cele was refused access to during the investigation by the Public Protector,&#8221; Hawks spokesman Macintosh Polela told Sapa on Thursday. &#8220;We need to emphasise that we are concerned that it is going to be seen as an intimidation of the office of the Public Protector and we need to put it on record that we respect and support the office of the Public Protector.&#8221; Public Protector Thuli Madonsela last month issued a report which concluded that the national police commissioner allegedly unlawfully authorised a lease agreement for SA Police Service offices. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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