By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission has heard evidence alleging that suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan used tobacco executive Mohamed “Mo” Sayed as an intermediary to communicate with EFF leader Julius Malema.
Leading evidence before the commission on Tuesday, Advocate Matthew Chaskalson said WhatsApp messages extracted from Khan’s cellphone showed a pattern in which Sayed relayed messages between Khan and Malema, including requests for confidential police information, arrangements for meetings and draft parliamentary questions targeting senior intelligence officials.
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“What the issue is, is that the chats suggest that the primary purpose of General Khan in raising the issues in the way that he did was to trick the then Inspector General of Intelligence, Dr Dintwe, into lying so that if he did lie he could be removed from his position, a position
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