The National Commissioner of the South African Police has refuted allegations made in a print media publication on the morning of 27 January 2022, that “he has not cooperated with IPID in regards to the investigation into Charl Kinnear’s murder”.
On the contrary, the National Commissioner had referred an investigation associated with the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear to IPID for their investigation.
The National Commissioner is therefore perturbed by allegations that a criminal case has been opened against him for having “failed to cooperate with the investigation” which he had initiated as a “complainant”.
The National Commissioner and his office have at all material times cooperated with the IPID investigation and implemented the recommendations made by IPID arising from the outcome of the investigation.
The National Commissioner has not been appraised of the nature and extent of the allegations imputing his lack of cooperation with IPID and will in due course after he would have been provided with the complaint from IPID, if any, respond to same fully.
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