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Dismissal of Sexual Misconduct Charges
against Ambassador by Minister Dlamini Zuma
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 33
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 21 MAY 2004
MS CS BOTHA (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
Whether, acting as the appeal authority in the disciplinary
hearing of a certain Ambassador (name furnished) who
was found guilty of molesting several Indonesian women
in 2001 and of the sexual harassment of a certain person
(name also furnished) in November 2003, she took into
consideration, in overturning the findings of guilty
by the presiding officers, the (a) corroboration of
the evidence of the said person regarding the positioning
of the ambassador and this person where the alleged
acts of sexual harassment took place, (b) resultant
finding by the presiding officers that the testimony
of the ambassador was unreliable and therefore improbable,
(c) unsubstantiated version of the said ambassador with
regards to his allegations of a bigger conspiracy against
him and of him being framed by sinister forces and (d)
statement under cross examination that the said person
and her colleagues had reported acts of sexual harassment
against the ambassador without being coerced to do so;
if not, (I) what factors were taken into consideration
and (ii) on what grounds did she dismiss each of the
above factors; if so, on what basis did she come to
a different finding from the presiding officers? N33E
REPLY:
The member has taken this matter to the Public Protector.
I therefore suggest she awaits the results from the
Public Protector.
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