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Hawks' spokesman McIntosh Polela has been suspended, three weeks after making a controversial reference to prison rape on Twitter.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Phuti Setati, has confirmed the suspension but refused to discuss details.
Setati would not comment on a report that Polela's suspension was the direct result of his tweet in October about kwaito star Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye, after he was convicted of murder.
Polela posted on Twitter that he hoped JubJub's supporters gave him a jar of vaseline to take to prison.
Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala were found guilty of four counts of murder and other charges, and their bail was withdrawn in October.
