Captain
Malcolm Pojie is a Liar
Captain Malcolm
Pojie
I was walking to court yesterday when i saw Detective Warrant Officer
Johan Burmeister on the balcony of our police station in Main Street. I assume
that it was his first day back in the loving arms of the Knysna SAPS after their attempt to frame him. Sincerely wishing him a peaceful, re-entry and
welcome by, at least, some of his fellow cops.
Such i pity that earlier that morning i’d read that the SAPS had decided
that the words of magistrates don’t mean anything i.e. the Knysna-Plett Herald
reported that SAPS spokesperson, Captain Malcolm Pojie, stated that the court
documents from Burmeister’s trial had been studied and that “no grounds nor
evidence was found that members had lied under oath.” A helluva odd think
to say since the court records will show exactly that.
Coincidentally, a reporter from a bigger newspaper phoned me later,
asking why the police would so blatantly lie? How does one answer that in South
Africa?
Captain Malcolm Pojie is a liar and it’s obvious that the bosses who instruct him have no respect for
the courts, justice and Magistrate Derek Torlage who presided over the
Burmeister case. There is no honour in a policeman whose job is to honestly
communicate with us, whom he is suppose to serve, but instead decides to be a
tragic salesman marketing us a faulty product we don’t want.
This case wasn’t only about Burmeister. It was about the health of
Knysna, our town whose crime rate has tripled.
We want truth without the cover-up. We want the police who lied to be
punished. We want to know that we can rely on the police in Knysna to do the
right thing. We don’t want to be scared of them anymore!
