By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Former State Security Agency director-general Arthur Fraser has opened a criminal case against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
In a statement widely circulated on social media on Wednesday afternoon issued in Fraser’s name, it is stated that the complaint relates to the alleged theft of “in excess of four million US dollars” from Ramaphosa’s farm in Limpopo.
Fraser alleges that he has provided police with evidence showing that Ramaphosa “concealed the crime” from the South African Police Service and that the suspects had been kidnapped and interrogated. The statement said the “burglary took place on 9 February 2020”.
He further adds that they also include defeating the ends of justice , kidnapping of suspects, their interrogation on the property as well as acts of bribery.
Fraser says that Ramaphosa hid these crimes SAPS and/or SARS and paid culprits for their silence.
The evidence I provide shows that the said burglary took place 9 February 2020, “added the statement.
The statement said that what Ramaphosa and other culprits have done constitutes a breach of, inter alia, the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, no. 121 of 1998 (“POCA”) and the Prevention of Corrupt Activities Act No.12 of 2004 (“The Corruption Act”)
“I trust that the police and the prosecuting authorities will prosecute this matter without fear or favour. I also trust that the President will take the nation into his confidence and accept or deny that the events I describe in my affidavit occurred on his property,” concluded his statement.