By Johnathan Paoli
Detective sergeant and Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) member, Witness N, has alleged that Investigating Directorate against Corruption (IDAC) investigator Suneel Bellochun extorted undocumented Pakistani and Bangladeshi foreign nationals, ran an unlawful money-lending operation and issued death threats.
Testifying partially in camera before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Friday afternoon, Witness N said she received detailed complaints from foreign national small businessmen in the Eastern Cape alleging possible extortion by Bellochun.
“Mr Muhammad fears for his life as Mr Bellochun regularly demands money from him, and he has received WhatsApp text from Mr Bellochun to pay his money back, or else he will kill him,” Witness N said.
“I understood this to be some kind of protection fee that Mr Bellochun was extorting from the individual. It stems from the provided bank statement from the victim which depicts regular payments weekly, or two days apart, of
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