SOCU should be on donor community’s radar

The donor community should be paying more interest in the work of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), according to PPP/C General Secretary Clement Rohee who yesterday said that there is continued misunderstanding of the unit’s role.

“There seems to be some confusion in the security sector about what really is SOCU’s role,” Rohee said during the party’s weekly press conference. “Therefore, the donor community given the fact that they had a lot to do with technical assistance and otherwise… should probably take a greater interest in what is happening now in respect to SOCU and the Financial Intelligence Unit.”

Ever since it was revealed that army intelligence officer Robert Pyle was on a SOCU operation when the high speed chase he was involved in ended in his death and the deaths of two civilians, questions have been raised about the