WATCH: Shadrack Sibiya placed on leave amid Mkhwanazi claims

Sibiya, who is in charge of crime detection, is one of the senior police officials named by KZN police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as having interfered in investigations into organised crime syndicates, among other claims.

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National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says Sibiya's leave is to allow investigations into the allegations.

Commissioner Masemola on Tuesday afternoon received memorandum of demands from local civil society groups in Durban who took part in a march in support of provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

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