Forensic investigator O'Sullivan publicly campaigning for top cop Masemola's removal

JOHANNESBURG - Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan says he is publicly campaigning for the removal of national police commissioner, Fannie Masemola.

He is claiming the top cop is failing to adequately deal with those implicated in corruption within the South African Police Service (SAPS).

On Tuesday, O Sullivan’s legal team sent an urgent letter of demand to Masemola, calling for the suspension of crime intelligence head, Dumisani Khumalo, and his six co-accused.

Khumalo and six other senior-ranking Crime Intelligence officers were arrested last week and charged with four counts of corruption and fraud.

The charges relate to the appointment of 30-year-old Dineo Mokwele to a senior role within Crime Intelligence under the rank of brigadier, having no formal and relevant SAPS qualifications.

On Tuesday, O’Sullivan demanded, through a letter sent by his attorneys, that Masemola suspend seven senior Crime Intelligence officials arrested last week.

O’Sullivan threatened legal action against Masemola should he fail to do so. 

In response to O’Sullivan’s letter of demand, Masemola claimed the matter was being given attention, but it’s an employer-employee issue.

O’Sullivan disagrees. 

"It’s absolutely not a private matter between employer and employee."

He argued that the suspension of the seven Crime Intelligence officials, including Khumalo, was in the public interest. 

"Crime Intelligence has become dysfunctional and it’s dysfunctional because the management of Crime Intelligence are engaged in corrupt activities instead of detecting crime."

O’Sullivan said he would not rest until Masemola heeded calls to suspend Khumalo and his co-accused.