Corruption claims prompt party probe of IDAC

TWO senior investigators from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) are set to feature prominently in Parliament's probe into the explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in July.

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Sunnel Bellochun and Dylan Perumal, both of whom have been required to defend the integrity of their practices as IDAC investigators, emanating from numerous complaints against them, are expected to testify before Parliament's ad hoc committee.

Dates for the ad hoc committee's sittings are yet to be confirmed.

IDAC is the anti-corruption unit of the National Prosecuting Authority.

The allegations against Bellochun and Perumal relate not only to alleged acts of misconduct but also include claims from Loretta Joubert, who alleged that the pair harassed and tortured her during the execution of a search warrant on November 28, 2018.

Joubert detailed in her complaint to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate how she was physically assaulted and tortured at the Opera Plaza building in Pretoria by the two. She faced fraud and money laundering charges in 2018 and lodged her complaint in 2020.

In an interview with the