Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by SAPS KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, met to hear once again from Paul O’Sullivan.
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uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) Member of Parliament Thulani Shongwe has said that forensic examiner Paul O’Sullivan 'is a complete liar and fabricator of stories'.
Shongwe was speaking on the sidelines of Parliament’s investigation into allegations made by SAPS KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, where O’Sullivan returned to complete his testimony after he abruptly walked out of proceedings last Thursday.
During his return appearance, O’Sullivan apologised for leaving last week’s meeting while he was still being questioned, explaining that he had been rushing to catch a flight.
Shongwe, who spoke after questioning O’Sullivan, said there were discrepancies in his testimony.
“When we asked him who sent him to investigate (former acting national police commissioner Kgomotso) Phahlane, he said he got a tip-off from somebody he doesn't know, and he went to investigate. When we ask him for evidence on Phahlane, he’s got nothing.
“It is hearsay,” Shongwe said.
“I asked him about the meeting that they had in a private house. ‘Is that the house of Radovan Krejčíř?’ He said, yes. I asked him, ‘Do you own that house?’ He said, no. ‘Do you know the owner of the house?’ He said, no. ‘Who owns the houses?’ Now the person is a company. When I asked him, ‘Who owns the house?’ He said, it's a company. ‘Do you know the company owner?’ He said, no.
“Then he later changed what he said, ‘No, I do know the person’.
“The guy is a complete liar, and it's so sad that people like Minister (Senzo) Mchunu, people like (Robert) McBride, and the IPID... they listened to this guy,” Shongwe said.
“I can tell you that we've got a serious problem when it comes to O’Sullivan. I hope that President (Cyril) Ramaphosa is not a friend to this guy because (O’Sullivan) claims to be a friend. He claims to be the trainer of Ramaphosa,” Shongwe said.
“You may think when you're sitting there that all this power he has is because he has friends in high places. He wins cases.”