The bodyguard of South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane probably "intentionally prevented" a senior official‚ Vlok Symington‚ from leaving a boardroom where he was being held hostage during a stand-off over documents. This assertion is contained in a report compiled in March by a law firm commissioned by SARS to investigate a grievance lodged by Symington against Thomas Titi. The incident took place last year and was captured on video. The law firm also recommended‚ in a later report‚ that Titi be charged with intimidation of Symington and that a disciplinary hearing be convened. Symington is now facing a disciplinary hearing for the same incident. He approached the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday seeking an interdict against the pending disciplinary hearing against him, details of which are contained in documents filed with his court application. The disciplinary proceedings against Symington announced this week follow a widely publicised event in October l...
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