The minister of police on Monday called on Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema to report his alleged intimidation at the hands of police officers and “desist from making innuendos without following up with necessary action”. A statement issued by Nkosinathi Nhleko’s office said it had noted reports that Malema had been stopped in Sandton by police on Sunday night‚ and urged him “to report to the nearest police station the incident with full details to enable police to probe the alleged incident”.“It would help the police immensely if Mr Malema were to report the incident – and other incidents referred to by the EFF spokesperson so that these could be investigated thoroughly‚” said Nhleko.“It does not serve any purpose to accuse police without opening the necessary complaint to allow the police to fully investigate these complaints.”EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi had‚ earlier on Monday‚ said the party had not and would not report the incident‚ explaining: “We won’t go to the same police that is intimidating us…there are many cases that we have opened against the regime that they (police) have done nothing about.”Ndlozi said that it was important for them to put the incident on the public record‚ but said was “useless and futile” to report it.The spokesperson had‚ on Sunday night‚ claimed that the vehicle Malema was in was stopped by “a white unmarked van” on the Grayston Drive off-ramp in Sandton‚ and “immediately surrounded by plus/minus 10 police cars”.“The police then all came out pointing guns at his car and forced him out. The entire intersection at the Grayston Drive offramp was blocked‚ isolating him from the rest of the traffic‚” Ndlozi alleged.When Malema got out‚ Ndlozi added‚ “the police all did nothing‚ claiming it was a mistake”‚ and Malema “forced his way around the police cars‚ driving over the pavements and drove off”.“The EFF takes this as a clear act of intimidation and demonstration that the enemy is following our CIC Julius Malema around‚” he declared.The party said it would not be cowed‚ and described the “bravery of Malema” - who was reported to be “upbeat” on Monday morning – “is stronger than 10 million armies”.“The people of South Africa and the world must know that the regime is turning violent. We shall keep them updates on each and every incident‚ because they must know the conditions we are operating under. We wish to also reiterate that we shall stop at nothing to defend our Constitution.“If the enemy thinks harassing our CIC Julius Malema will subdue him or the EFF they are lying.Malema had been travelling back to Sandton from Soweto‚ where he took part in an election manifesto meeting‚ when the incident occurred.When contacted on Monday morning‚ national police spokesperson Brigadier Vishu Naidoo said he could not comment as “nothing has officially been reported”.Later on Monday‚ Nhleko said: “If any of the members were to be found to have acted or are acting outside of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Code of Conduct‚ I would urge the acting national commissioner to take necessary action against those members as soon as possible‚” he said.“I appeal to all leaders – political‚ business‚ traditional or even church leaders to show leadership and desist from making innuendos without following up with necessary action so that all complaints will be dealt with.“It serves no purpose but to de-legitimise the police to cast aspersions like this without the necessary details and action to enable us to get to the bottom of such complaints‚” Nhleko said.The minister said Malema could “report this matter further to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate so that a body‚ independent of SAPS can probe these allegations”..