Majority of SA thinks police are corrupt
July 12 2013 at 09:58am
Pretoria - A staggering 83 percent of
South Africans believe the police are corrupt, Transparency International has
revealed.
In its Global Corruption Barometer
2013, released this week, Transparency International said South Africa was
among 36 countries in which the police were seen as the most corrupt
institution.
“About 83 percent of South Africans
believed that police were corrupt. Thirty-six percent admitted to having paid
bribes to police,” the report said.
DA shadow minister of police Dianne
Kohler-Barnard said she was surprised that such a high number of ordinary South
Africans believed that the police were corrupt.
“However, on reflection, I am not
surprised that so many people believe the police are corrupt,” she said on
Thursday.
She said the murder in broad daylight
of people such as taxi driver Mido Macia and activist Andries Tatane by the
police was clearly indicative of the kind of police force South Africa had.
“Police demand bribes each time they
stop a car, and they threaten those who refuse to pay bribes.
“Police steal from houses of victims of
crime when they go to their houses to get statements from the victims.
“This is not surprising as thousands of
police officers have criminal records,” Kohler-Barnard said.
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