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No joint probe into arms deal ‘bribe ‘

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Original Post Date: 2008-03-14 Time: 00:00:00  Posted By: Jan

New claims of corruption in South Africa’s controversial multi-billion rand arms deal would not be jointly investigated by three powerful state agencies, the Public Protector’s office said on Friday.

Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana, National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli, and Auditor General Terence Nombembe met on Thursday evening to discuss the possibility of a joint investigation into several new claims.

Amongst them is an allegation that Chippy Shaik, brother of convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik, was paid a $3-million (about R21-million) bribe by one of the arms deal bidding companies.

Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine recently reported that internal documents of ThyssenKrupp, a German company which supplied the South African Navy with four frigates, revealed that Shaik had requested the bribe in 1998.

South African authorities were also coming under increased pressure from law enforcement agencies in Sweden, Germany and Britain to assist them with the investigation into allegations that commission was paid to several South Africans to secure deals during the arms deal bidding process

Mushwana office said in a statement the three principals of the South African agencies came to the conclusion that none of the requests required their joint consideration.

“They agreed that each institution would deal with issues that have been raised based on their own mandates,” the statement said.

It said the three agencies would continue to investigate claims on the issue separately and respond directly to the individuals who made enquiries and requests for investigation.

“The institutions, in line with their respective mandates, have reaffirmed and expressed their willingness to co-operate with any investigative agency that might request their assistance,” the statement said. – Sapa

Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20070316132013907C254052