PETER BRUCE: Mr President, SA needs mighty effort to keep Guptas behind bars
Rajesh and Atul Gupta have SA’s smartest lawyers to defend them in Dubai, while the NPA and justice department are woefully unprepared to seize this opportunity
07 June 2022 - 05:00
I’m too old to chase ambulances but I found myself in a strange situation on Monday.
I was told by a friend on Sunday that two of the Gupta brothers in hiding in Dubai had been arrested on Friday on the basis of an Interpol red notice. I trust the person who told me. I also learnt that a regular Gupta advocate, Dawie Joubert, had flown out from Johannesburg to Dubai earlier on Sunday. The Guptas, having helped rob the country dry, still have smart lawyers in Johannesburg...
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