Maharaj launches second action to stop NPA probe
Publish date: 02 April 2007
Issue Number: 1797
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: General
In what legal experts see as a stalling tactic, former Transport Minister Mac Maharaj and his wife Zarina have launched a new bid to extricate themselves from pending fraud, corruption, money-laundering and tax prosecutions.
City Press notes that, in addition to Pretoria High Court action launched in November in the Pretoria High Court against sections of the National Prosecuting Authority Act they deem unconstitutional the couple has launched a parallel application in Switzerland to stop Scorpions investigators from using allegedly damning information against them obtained during an investigation into jailed fraudster Schabir Shaik. It is alleged Shaik paid the Maharaj family millions in connection with a lucrative credit-card format driving licence contract and an N3 toll road contract. City Press says the couple is using Swiss laws to argue that their Mutual Legal Assistance offices should not grant the NPA permission to use documents obtained during the Shaik investigation. Full City Press report
