A press release just received suggests that South African Defence Force chief, General Solly Shoke, has a ordered a military intelligence operation to uncover the identities of persons who leaked information to the media on anything involving the Central African Republic. This is the statement:
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE UNION IN REACTION TO
RECENT INFORMATION THAT CHIEF SANDF HAS ORDERED AN INTELLIGENCE OPERATION TO
IDENTIFY ALL PERSONS WHO LEAKED INFORMATION TO THE MEDIA REGARDING THE CAR.
19 APRIL 2013
SANDU
has been alerted to the fact that Chief SANDF General Solly Shoke has ordered a
military intelligence operation to identify all persons who have 'leaked'
information to the media on anything to do the Central African Republic
deployment.
SANDU
views this in a very serious light as no crime has been committed and no troops
were endangered by information obtained by the media. The only danger being in
the fact that our troops shouldn't have been placed in the predicament it had
been in the first place. The only 'damage' caused was a massive embarrassment
to Government s not by people telling the full truth.
This
Intelligence operation is a blatant abuse and waste of state resources
and should not be tolerated. We implore SANDF management to rather better its
communication skills with the public of South Africa, than engage in a petty
Apartheid styled witch hunt against the media and its sources. This is impeding
on freedom of the press and information, as the public's right to know the
truth behind the unnecessary and untimely death of our troops in the CAR.
This
latest development compounds the suspicions of a cover up.
JG
Greeff
NATIONAL
SECRETARY SANDU
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