Messages retrieved from the phone of alleged cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and shown at the Madlanga commission were selected to suit “a certain narrative”, Brown Mogotsi said.
He said this just as chief evidence leader Adv Matthew Chaskalson was about to ask him to give more information about some of the WhatsApp texts that were presented before the commission by a previous witness, which tried to show that Matlala was privy to information from senior police officers.
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Mogotsi told the commission that the messages were selected by the police.
“Section 205 [which allows a judge or magistrate to compel a person to give evidence or produce documents relevant to an alleged offence] should have been obtained. Adv Andrea Johnson [head of the Investigating Directorate against Corruption] testified [before the parliamentary ad hoc committee] that the phone of Matlala was tampered with and some of the details were deleted,” he said
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