ARREST WARRANTS OUT FOR 2 JUDGES

MBABANE – The court has issued warrants of arrest for two judges of the High Court of Swaziland.

The issuance of the warrants that were released yesterday at about 8:30pm comes after the ACC moved an exparte application (without informing the other party) at the High Court.
The application also included that of search and seizure.

A joint team of officers from the Anti Corruption Commission and the Police Fraud Unit had filed an application for the warrants after the completion of investigations against the two judicial officers.
The application was made with authority in terms of Sections 11, 13 and 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act No. 3 of 2006 (POCA).

The ACC, an independent body established in terms of Section 3 of the POCA, has one of its mandates being to investigate corruption and related activities in Swaziland.
One judge is facing about 23 charges which are work-related and are considered as serious misbehaviour, while the other one is facing criminal charges.
At the time of going to press at 11pm both judges had not been arrested.

It was gathered though that a team of ACC investigators and police officers yesterday visited one of the implicated judges’ place of abode in Mbabane where the said judge faced the investigating team.
Impeccable sources alleged that the investigation of the two judges follows top level investigations by the team and arrests could take place soon.

The operation saw the team visit the place of abode of one of the judges where they went through a number of items which were deemed necessary as part of the charges against the judges.
By 11pm last night, it could not be confirmed whether the arrest warrants had been effected by the law enforcing agents.

The ACC has worked on a number of cases involving high profile people including cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament and businesspeople.
This year alone it has made a breakthrough in cases involving three legal eagles, being two Manzini-based attorneys, Lloyd Mzizi and Macilongo Ndlovu and Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Sibusiso Shongwe.
The ACC had filed an application to have Minister Shongwe arrested after he allegedly failed to furnish the commission with information or source of E2 million that was allegedly deposited and discovered in his law firm’s trust account.
In dismissing the application to have Minister Shongwe arrested, the CJ noted that the application was misconceived.

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