Limpopo's top cop has ordered an investigation at the Seshego police station after a 22-year-old suspect accused of raping Julius Malema's 15-year-old niece was released on a warning despite being accused of a violent sexual crime.
This comes after Malema took to social media on Monday to call out the police allegedly releasing a suspect who had allegedly raped his niece. He took to Twitter to call out the police and the prosecutor for releasing the 22-year-old suspect on warning. Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the victim's mother had laid the complaint on Sunday.
"The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service Limpopo Major General Scheepers has ordered that the circumstances of the suspect’s released be investigated. The case has since been taken over by the Provincial FCS Unit for further handling," he said.Malema said his family had een failed by the criminal justice system after the man who allegedly raped his niece was allegedly released on a warning.
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