Parliament suspends its Protection Services heads

30 July 2015 - 18:13 By RDM News Wire

The head and deputy head of the Parliamentary Protection Services‚ Zelda Holtzman and Motlatsi Mokgatla‚ have been placed on precautionary suspension. The suspensions are on full pay and are with immediate effect‚ Parliament said in a statement."The suspensions have been implemented to enable investigation of alleged security breaches and other issues affecting the Parliamentary Protection Services in an environment free of any perception of possible bias‚" the statement read.The investigation should be completed by the end of August."Parliament wishes to stress that the suspensions do not in any way constitute a judgement or penalty."No details were disclosed‚ with parliament stating that further announcements will be made in due course...

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