If convicted, Guptas will serve sentence in a South African prison and then be deported
Malusi Gigaba says it is too early to decide whether or not to withdraw permanent residency for the family members implicated in state capture claims
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says his department will take the same approach with Ajay Gupta as it did with Janusz Walus and Radovan Krejcir.Gigaba told a media briefing on Tuesday that if the Guptas were convicted, their citizenship would be revoked and they would serve out their sentences‚ after which they would be deported.This was the same procedure that would be followed with Walus‚ the killer of SACP leader Chris Hani‚ and Czech crime boss Krejcir.Gigaba said it was too early to decide whether to withdraw permanent residency for members of the Gupta family implicated in state capture allegations.Ajay Gupta applied for naturalisation in 2012 but it was denied because he refused to renounce his Indian citizenship‚ Gigaba said."There has been an argument that there was a decision to favour this family; one‚ by expediting their application and appeal; and two‚ by maliciously granting them South African citizenship‚" Gigaba said."We need to clarify that. Their application wa...
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