Ex-Hawks officer grilled on 'failure to follow due process' in Nulane matter

According to records before the court, Bunu, who participated in the operation in which documents about the controversial feasibility study contract awarded to Iqbal Sharma's company Nulane Investments were obtained, only deposed a statement on May 26 2020, more than two months after the operation in March.

Oldwage said this was not in line with standard police operations. He accused Bunu, a police captain with 17 years' experience, of failing to follow standing orders in a “high-profile matter”.

He also lambasted Bunu for having failed to make an entry in an investigation diary, known as a SAPS 5, despite having undertaken such an operation.

Oldwage accused Bunu of failing to comply with safety procedures for handling evidence, including making entries in the SAPS 13 property store register at Glen police station in Bloemfontein, where the bag of documents was kept.

The matter continues. 

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