Top cop maintains claims against DA MP

KWAZULU-NATAL police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi on Tuesday night doubled down on his accusation that DA MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard disclosed classified crime intelligence information.

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Mkhwanazi also warned that should MPs go to the media and say things again about Crime Intelligence, he would come back with more evidence.

Mkhwanazi first made allegations against Kohler-Barnard when he testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, but she has denied the accusations.

Testifying before the parliamentary inquiry, Mkhwanazi took issue that Kohler-Barnard asked parliamentary questions as a member of the Police Portfolio Committee about the procurement of properties of Crime Intelligence that should have been asked in the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI).

“She forgot she was a member of the JSCI and therefore she should have known about this,” he said.

Mkhwanazi gave examples of questions Kohler-Barnard asked as a member of the Police Portfolio Committee in February this year when she was sworn-in as a member of JSCI.