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Special team to probe theft at Mogoeng Mogoeng's office

Chief Justice Mogeong Mogoeng. Picture Credit: Gallo Images
Chief Justice Mogeong Mogoeng. Picture Credit: Gallo Images

Acting national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane has set up a team of detectives to investigate the brazen break-in at Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s office in the early hours yesterday‚ the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

Police spokeswoman Athlenda Mathe said they were investigating the break-in and theft‚ while detectives were working around the clock to bring the perpetrators to book.

Brazen thieves made off with 15 computers containing sensitive information about Constitutional Court judges and officials after breaking into Mogoeng’s private office.

Mathe said Phahlane viewed the crime as an attack on the judiciary‚ the Sunday Times said.

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