南非副警察局长因性犯罪被起诉

南非已停职的副警察局长、59岁中将沙德拉克·西比亚因多项严重罪名被起诉。1 他面临对16岁女孩的性骚扰指控、对18岁女性的强奸指控，以及贩运人口的控罪。1 西比亚已被拘留，定于9月29日出庭申请保释，检察官预计将反对其获释。1 西比亚已对这些指控予以否认。1

这起案件发生在南非警察机构面临广泛腐败审查的背景下。1 根据Madlanga Commission的调查，西比亚曾被指控从犯罪头目收受20只羚羊作为警察合同的交换。1

Lieutenant General Shardrick Sibiya, a suspended deputy national police commissioner and one of South Africa's most senior law enforcement officials, has been charged with sexual crimes and human trafficking 1. The 59-year-old was detained on Monday and appeared in court in the northwest of Johannesburg facing allegations of sexual harassment involving a 16-year-old girl, rape of an 18-year-old woman, and human trafficking offences 1. Prosecutors are expected to oppose his release when he returns to court on September 29 to apply for bail 1.

Sibiya has denied the charges against him 1. The charges emerge amid wider scrutiny of South Africa's police force, with the Madlanga Commission having previously investigated allegations that Sibiya received 20 antelope from crime bosses in exchange for police contracts 1.