Here’s why the PKTT is looking for MP Fadiel Adams

National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader Fadiel Adams. Picture: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader and MP Fadiel Adams is a wanted man. The South African Police Service (Saps) Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) has called on him to present himself at his nearest police station.

According to police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, Adams is wanted in connection with a case of fraud and defeating and/or obstructing the course of justice. Allegations against Adams first came to light last year after KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused him of accessing and mishandling Crime Intelligence information. Mkhwanazi told parliament’s ad hoc committee thatAdams opened three criminal cases based on the Crime Intelligence informationhe had accessed.

“Adams appears to have come into possession of intelligence information, and this information is classified in its nature, which Adams should not be in possession of. It is information intended for another parliamentary structure,” Mkhwanazi told the committee at the time. “If it comes into his possession as a lawmaker, he ought to know that when he is in possession of information from Crime Intelligence that is classified, it must be handed over to the Joint Standing Committee of Intelligence to be interrogated, regardless of the status of that information.

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Police have been on a manhunt for Adams, with weekend reports suggesting they raided a home in Mitchells Plain on Saturday morning in search of him. A statement from his party alleged that 15 police officers entered the home and did not present a search warrant or warrant of arrest. They allegedly pointed firearms at occupants of the home and assaulted a 12-year-old boy in the process, traumatising family members who witnessed the events.

Adams has since openeda case of intimidation against the police. On Tuesday, police released a statement calling on Adams to hand himself over, saying they have a warrant for his arrest.

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