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Herald Correspondent
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has denied any collaboration with the Southern African Regional Anti-Corruption Organisation in the recent arrest of five ZRP officers on corruption charges.
National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said yesterday that ZRP neither had any existing association nor cooperating arrangement with SARACO, directly refuting claims made by the organisation and on social media.
Comm Nyathi stressed that the operation which led to the arrest of the five members of the force was conducted exclusively by ZRP’s internal mechanisms.
“The Zimbabwe Republic Police dismisses claims by the Southern African Regional Anti-Corruption Organisation (SARACO) and subsequent social media postings alleging that they worked together with the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s Internal Investigations Section to conduct a sting operation which resulted in the arrest of five Zimbabwe Republic Police members for corruption,” reads part of the statement.
“For the record, the Zimbabwe Republic Police effected the purported arrest without the involvement of the Southern African Regional Anti-Corruption Organisation.”
He also made it clear that any anti-corruption organisation needs to be cleared by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) first.
“The Zimbabwe Republic Police reiterates its previous standing position that anyone claiming to be an Anti-Corruption body should be cleared by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission as duly constituted in terms of the country’s laws,” he added.
Bongani Ndlovu