NPA BUGGING CLAIMS
Former SARS trio targets docket
So far the state has only provided part A of the docket, which is the official complaint lodged by suspended SARS commissioner Tom Moyane
Former South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials Ivan Pillay, Johann van Loggerenberg and Andries Janse van Rensburg will bring a formal application to compel the state to hand over parts of a docket it is withholding in the criminal case against them. The three appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday where the matter was postponed to August 24, when the application will be heard. So far the state has only provided part A of the docket, which is the official complaint lodged by suspended SARS commissioner Tom Moyane. Bernard Hotz, who is representing the three, said the state had given an undertaking in court and in correspondence with them that it would hand over the complete docket but this had not yet happened. The defence wants access to part B and C of the docket, which is the investigation diary and communications between the Hawks and the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) that led to the decision to prosecute the SARS officials. The three are appearing i...
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