RA PRO in hot soup for accessing porn

THE Roads Authority’s publicist has given up his fight against punishment he received because of his love for pornography.

Dintwe Mootseng, the public relations officer at the parastatal, has withdrawn an appeal he lodged after being found guilty of using an official computer for internet pornography. Mootseng this week confirmed the withdrawal of his appeal.He said he agreed to speak about it just because he believed information was being leaked to damage his image.He said he wanted to give his side of the story.Mootseng claimed last month that the case against him was part of “a witch-hunt” by management after the parastatal came under scrutiny at public hearings of a presidential commission of inquiry.He questioned the timing of the case.Mootseng was charged with “accessing undesirable sites without permission”.He was found guilty and sentenced to a final written warning.The Namibian understands that Mootseng was found to have downloaded about 30 000 pornography pages on his official computer.Some of them, including teen sex, were reportedly customised with his name.Mootseng confirmed on inquiry that he used the computer to view erotic sex pictures.”I have a certain predilection, a certain proclivity to visit these sites,” he said in an interview last month.But Mootseng charged that the management had used the computer technician at the parastatal against him.Mootseng said he had personally asked the computer technician to delete the “undesirable sites” from his computer after learning that the State President had instituted a commission of inquiry in July.Instead of discarding the information, it appears the computer technician kept the files, he said.The case “was resurrected” in February this year after charges of absconding from work and disobeying instructions failed to “stick”.Mootseng said he had appealed because “this thing is a witchhunt.They are harassing everybody they don’t agree with” he said, adding that “victimisation” had depressed him to the extent that he needed “a shrink”.However, he said yesterday that he had decided to give up “fighting” and withdraw his appeal.”I decided that never-ending acrimony is not good for me.I’m getting old, I became 39 years old yesterday, and I cannot continue to fight every day.”Leave the acrimony, live longer, because if you fight, you die quickly,” he said.The Roads Authority management could not comment yesterday, saying they will only be able to do so next week.Mootseng this week confirmed the withdrawal of his appeal.He said he agreed to speak about it just because he believed information was being leaked to damage his image.He said he wanted to give his side of the story.Mootseng claimed last month that the case against him was part of “a witch-hunt” by management after the parastatal came under scrutiny at public hearings of a presidential commission of inquiry.He questioned the timing of the case.Mootseng was charged with “accessing undesirable sites without permission”.He was found guilty and sentenced to a final written warning.The Namibian understands that Mootseng was found to have downloaded about 30 000 pornography pages on his official computer.Some of them, including teen sex, were reportedly customised with his name.Mootseng confirmed on inquiry that he used the computer to view erotic sex pictures.”I have a certain predilection, a certain proclivity to visit these sites,” he said in an interview last month.But Mootseng charged that the management had used the computer technician at the parastatal against him.Mootseng said he had personally asked the computer technician to delete the “undesirable sites” from his computer after learning that the State President had instituted a commission of inquiry in July.Instead of discarding the information, it appears the computer technician kept the files, he said.The case “was resurrected” in February this year after charges of absconding from work and disobeying instructions failed to “stick”.Mootseng said he had appealed because “this thing is a witchhunt.They are harassing everybody they don’t agree with” he said, adding that “victimisation” had depressed him to the extent that he needed “a shrink”.However, he said yesterday that he had decided to give up “fighting” and withdraw his appeal.”I decided that never-ending acrimony is not good for me.I’m getting old, I became 39 years old yesterday, and I cannot continue to fight every day.”Leave the acrimony, live longer, because if you fight, you die quickly,” he said.The Roads Authority management could not comment yesterday, saying they will only be able to do so next week.