South Africa's deputy police chief quits before hearing
Shadrack Sibiya resigned as his disciplinary case was about to begin. The police say it will be recorded as a dishonourable discharge. He is in custody on separate charges, which he denies.
Johannesburg — South Africa's suspended deputy national police commissioner, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, has resigned, the Associated Press reports, as carried by Africanews.
His lawyers submitted the letter on Monday, just as a disciplinary hearing against him was due to start. Because those proceedings were still under way, the police said, his departure will be treated as a dishonourable discharge.
The cases against him
General Sibiya, who was responsible for crime detection, has been suspended since September last year.
He is under scrutiny by a judicial commission investigating alleged corruption in the police and links to criminal networks. In testimony there, he denied receiving large sums of money and gifts from alleged criminals.
Separately, he was arrested last month on allegations of rape and of grooming a minor. He denies the charges. He is in custody, and his bail application was postponed to 13 October.
This report is based on reporting by the Associated Press, via Africanews.
