Abuse and attacks: Inside McBride's testimony at the state capture commission | J_chabalala
Former head of the police watchdog, Robert McBride, told the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture that there was an attack on anti-corruption bodies and that his suspension in 2015 was part of a process to take control of the independent bodies.
"If your evidence which you will give indeed is accepted by the chair, one might ask the question: 'Why would anybody be interested in weakening or hollowing out, reducing the effectiveness of an oversight body such as the IPID? Whose interest would it serve?'" evidence leader, advocate Paul Pretorius, SC, asked.
He said he was"quite confident" that a litany of corruption was brought to their attention by their collaboration with the Inspector General. "We found that there were complaints on the use of the secret service account and there were no steps taken on the matter," he said.
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