Hawks ‘witch-hunts’ smack of police state antics‚ DA charges

The Democratic Alliance has repeated its call for the Hawks to be disbanded in light of what the DA calls its “political capture” and the Scorpions reinstated to its rightful place under a strong and independent National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as the country’s key corruption-busting unit. DA spokesman on police Zakhele Mbhele said recent examples of witch hunts under the Hawks’ auspices included the suspicious arrest of forensic investigator‚ Paul O’Sullivan‚ and the investigation of the P...