{"id":91258,"date":"2025-10-09T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/laptops-cellphones-seized-in-raid-on-sibiyas-house"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:28:12","slug":"laptops-cellphones-seized-in-raid-on-sibiyas-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/laptops-cellphones-seized-in-raid-on-sibiyas-house","title":{"rendered":"Laptops Cellphones Seized in Raid on Sibiya&#8217;s House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Suspended deputy national police commissioner for crime detection Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya has confirmed there was a search and seizure operation at his house in Centurion on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking outside his home on Thursday afternoon after the armed police officers, including from the National Intervention Unit, had left, Sibiya said they had seized his electronic devices.<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed members of the KwaZulu-Natal division conducted the operation.<\/p>\n<p>While Sibiya said the operation was conducted in a professional manner, his children, who were present, had been confined to a room while his sickly mother was also present.<\/p>\n<p>He described the process as \u201ctraumatic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The confiscation of his electronic devices will affect his preparation for the Madlanga commission and parliament\u2019s ad hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system. He is expected to appear on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis search today [Thursday] is meant to disrupt me. I am not listening to what the commissioner [Gen Fannie Masemola] is saying [in the ad hoc committee] the whole day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been served with a notice to appear before a disciplinary hearing. I am also preparing documentation for the Madlanga [commission of inquiry]; as you can see, the exercise is meant to confuse me, to keep me under pressure. I am under siege here, and my life and that of my family are in danger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Suspended deputy national police commissioner for crime detection Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya has confirmed there was a search and seizure operation at his house in Centurion on Thursday. 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