Lieutenant Colonel Moloi

At the crime scene, higher ranking officers unrelated to the incident interfered by arresting Warrant Officer Phakula and colleagues, diverting attention from the real perpetrators and tampering with exhibits believed stolen.

“... higher ranking police officer unrelated to the incident ... played a huge role in arresting us, releasing the suspects ... and further tampered with exhibits which we believe were stolen ... The only way for them to take control ... was to arrest us . In that way, they could divert their attention to the arrested police officers and let the real perpetrators free.”