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Sacu personnel conflicted: Top cop - NewsDay Zimbabwe

POLICE Commissioner Douglas Nyakutsikwa yesterday questioned the role of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu), which is under the President’s Office, saying it was playing a double role of lawyer representing State prosecutors and lawyer for persons accused of corruption.

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