Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga has expressed his wish to hear from Gen Godfrey Lebeya about the Hawks officials accused of interfering with Gauteng counter-intelligence operations allegedly under his instruction during the arrest of Katiso “KT” Molefe on December 6.
Madlanga expressed this on Tuesday before a Hawks officer, Cpt Dail Christaan Nortjie, could take the stand at the commission. He said he has already heard evidence from a number of Hawks officers.
Do we still want to hear anything about what all these officers want to say? The only person we should hear from is Gen Lebeya now.
— Mbuyiseli Madlanga, commission chairperson
“Do we still want to hear anything about what all these officers want to say? The only person we should hear from is Gen Lebeya now.
“Haven’t we heard enough from the officers?” he asked.
However, evidence leader Adv Thabang Pooe clarified that there were two groups of Hawks that were at Molefe’s house on the day and that the previous witnesses were from the tactical operations management section.
“They have now lined up witnesses from the serious crime division now,” said Pooe.
A previous witness testified that on the day of Molefe’s arrest, they were told that their superiors told them that there were people impersonating the Hawks officers as well as Lebeya.
The hearing continues.
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