Kaizer Chiefs official, Bobby Motaung was forced to spend a night at Sandton Police Station on Thursday, 14th August 2003 as a result of an arrest by an officer of a security company called SAS who alleged that he found some banned substances four metres away from Mr. Motaung and his friend.

Mr. Motaung denies these allegations and finds them to be extremely defamatory and wrongful.

The police and organised crime unit as well as the prosecuting authority have found that there can be no connection or link of the alleged substance to the two gentlemen and therefore the allegations by the security officer were found to be inadequate to constitute a charge as they also lack corroboration.

Mr Motaung has suffered inexplicable embarrassment and inconvenience and he intends to seek redress by laying a charge and suing for defamation.

It must be put on record that Mr. Motaung cooperated with the security officer because he initially thought that he was a member of the South African Police Service.

Mr. Motaung wishes to put on record that the alleged substance was not found in his possession nor that of his friend and he has never used nor touched such substance before and after the incident, furthermore it has to be stated that the police were not provided with evidence that the alleged substance is what is alleged to be.

The irony of the whole matter is that the substance used as evidence was brought to the police station, by the very same security officer, after waiting 30 minutes for him to arrive at the station.

It must be further put on record that Mr. Motaung and his friend were mistreated and abused by the hostile and aggressive security officer who had no reason to point a loaded fire arm at them and handcuff them.

He then further went to assault the two gentlemen with the intention to cause grievous bodily harm, at no provocation what so ever.

It was very disappointing to read the front page of the Citizen of the 16th August 2003 which made unfounded and defamatory allegations about a Kaizer Chiefs official that was found sniffing cocaine in the toilet of a Sandton petrol station, where as no allegation of sniffing was made by the Security officer himself in his statement to the Police.

Mr. Motaung also intends to move a High Court application to have the name of the security company, SAS, to be changed because of the confusion that it creates to the members of the public as they wear the same uniform as members of SAPS with a gold insignia.