O'Sullivan's claims
9 November 2006
Paul O'Sullivan's claim that the ICD had "whitewashed the matter," in
reference to his allegations against National Police Commissioner Jackie
Selebi, is devoid of all truth.
Even more ludicrous is his claim that everything he gave the ICD was passed
onto Selebi. He hides behind declining to name important witnesses because
there are none. The ICD would not compromise its investigations by passing
information to the subjects of such investigations. In fact we put allegations
to Selebi once and could not do it for another time because all the information
O'Sullivan gave us did not justify us putting it to Selebi again.
If anything, his claims strengthen our understanding that the fact that he
has an axe to grind against Selebi has warped all fair and reasonable judgment
on O'Sullivan's part.
We can assure him and all those who think we protected Selebi that such
action would be too self-defeating for us as an institution, and would not be
contemplated no matter who the allegations are made against.
O'Sullivan goes further to say he declined to name certain important
witnesses, which is sufficient proof that he ensured we could not get to the
crux of the investigation.
He came with a complaint and we asked him to enable us to authenticate his
claims. This he did not do and failed the litmus test which is "He who accuses
must prove." Without proof from those who had evidence for the allegations we
could not prove anything against Selebi.
Enquiries:
Leslie Xinwa
Acting Executive Director
Cell: 082 446 6836
Issued by: Independent Complaints Directorate
9 November 2006
