Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan says he did not leave the country to avoid going to Parliament. Parliament’s ad hoc committee probing criminality, political interference and corruption within the justice system intensified calls last week for O’Sullivan to appear before it in person. O’Sullivan said he is not avoiding Parliament and always planned to be overseas, specifically in Australia and Fiji, during the Christmas period.
O’Sullivan said he also had “some work” in Ireland and London. “These trolls that seem to be supporting the criminal element in the police, they’ve created the impression that I’ve left the country to avoid going to Parliament. Nothing could be further from the truth.
“When I got the email on 27 November last year, inviting me to go to Parliament, I replied the next morning, and I said ‘it will be a great pleasure to testify because there are things that need to be out there,’” O’Sullivan told Crime Watch oneNCA. O’Sullivan said he never fled or left the country because he feared for his life. The forensic investigator said even if he were in South Africa, he would not attend in person.
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