Johannesburg - A police general is facing the music after he allegedly took a state helicopter on a 296-minute joyride while waiting for his car to be serviced.
The Sunday Independent has learnt that the general has now been charged with fraud but has not been suspended because “he is politically connected.”
The publication can today reveal that Major-General Gopolang Patrick Asaneng is also accused of submitting a false claim that his car, a Ford Ranger, travelled for 44 kilometres “on official duties” while the vehicle was being serviced.
He is also accused of submitting false claims for two dinners which “he knew he was not entitled to claim.”
An internal police investigation report seen by The Sunday Independent reveals that Asaneng on May 7, 2019, dropped off his car at a Ford dealership in Potchefstroom for service then allegedly arranged for a police helicopter, R44 Raven II, to fly him to Mahikeng under the pretext that he was attending an incident where ballot boxes were burnt but police officers, who attended the crime scene, submitted affidavits saying he was never there.
In the same afternoon, after his car was serviced, General Asaneng allegedly flew back from Mahikeng to Potchefstroom to collect it.
The internal investigation report states that the helicopter spent 296 minutes in the air and had to refuel twice. General Asaneng is the deputy provincial police commissioner for North West province.
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