Ranjeni Munusamy’s car serviced from secret state security slush fund, Zondo hears
The witness says he had met the senior journalist on three occasions and had had her car serviced.
Ex-crime intelligence member Colonel Dhanajaya Naidoo on Monday told the chair of the commission of inquiry into state capture, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, that Tiso Blackstar senior journalist Ranjeni Munusamy’s car was serviced with money from the secret state security slush fund.
Following accusations levelled against Munusamy during previous testimony that she received R143,621.70 from a secret slush fund allegedly used by state security crime intelligence officers, she was placed on suspension.
Naidoo on Monday told Zondo that he had met with Munusamy on three occasions after he was instructed by the head of crime intelligence at the time that he should assist her with servicing her car.
Naidoo said he had taken the car to New World Motors, which was the service provider for “company x” – a company used by crime intelligence.
Naidoo said tyres were changed, the vehicle was serviced, and he said that if he remembered correctly, the radio was faulty and one of the seats needed some attention.
The witness said the understanding was that company x would be invoiced by New World Motors.
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