Ian Cameron goes after “porn” General

In this interview with BizNews Ian Cameron, the Chair of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, lists the reason why he has written to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to ask for a review of the appointment of Major General Patrick Mbotho as Divisional Commissioner: National Priority Offences in the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation. Among the serious allegations against the general are that he posted various explicit and adult content to a Detectives Commander WhatsApp group on his official phone while he headed the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit; that he had meetings with individuals currently suspected of gang activity and extortion in the Western Cape; that he interfereed in criminal investigations and defeated the ends of justice. Cameron also gives an update on the other work of the committee which will tomorrow conduct an oversight visit to the Philippi Training College which “is renowned for corruption” - and where R114 million is alleged to be unaccounted for over a six-year period. And with the national Extortion Hotline going live tomorrow, Cameron shares details of the committee’s engagement with the police on the growing extortion crisis; gives his analysis of the latest crime figures - and slams the fact that that Vice President Paul Mashatile’s VIP bodyguards - who last year assaulted people next to the N1 - are still in service. However, he does have praise for the new Police Minister and his deputies.