SAPS sending one officer, not five, to Paris - Masemola

NATIONAL Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola confirmed that the team of investigators that was supposed to travel to France to assist in probing the death of South Africas ambassador to France and former police minister, Nathi Mthethwa has been reduced from five to just one officer.

- SIMON MAJADIBODU

Mthethwa died after falling from a 22nd-floor hotel room in Paris last week.

Speaking on the sidelines of the SAPS Safer Festive Season operations launch in Bloemfontein, Masemola said a single senior officer would now be deployed to liaise with French counterparts.

“With regard to sending a delegation to France, we are working on a police-to-police cooperation. We do have a senior officer that is working in that country,” he said.

Masemola confirmed the investigator would depart the country.

“He will be leaving today. They will update the mission in terms of the activities and whereabouts once he is there,” he said.