{"id":91527,"date":"2025-10-14T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-not-involved-in-crime-sibiya"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:14:40","slug":"im-not-involved-in-crime-sibiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-not-involved-in-crime-sibiya","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m not involved in crime&#8217; &#8211; Sibiya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Suspended deputy commissioner, Shadrack Sibiya, has denied any involvement in criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he did not have the time to have meetings with drug lords and crime kingpins with his heavy workload and travelling.<\/p>\n<p>Sibiya was pleading his case on Monday before Parliament&#8217;s ad hoc committee probing police corruption and interference.<\/p>\n<p>The suspended head of crime detection has been accused of malfeasance and having links to the criminal underworld by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was taken aback when National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said that he believed the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day I&#8217;m with the national commissioner or the minister. 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