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The
National Directorate of Public Prosecutions would oppose an
expected application by Deputy President Jacob Zuma today to obtain
a copy of a letter allegedly indicating that Zuma sought to elicit
an arms deal bribe, Scorpions spokesperson Sipho Ngwema said
yesterday.
Speaking on 702 Eyewitness News, Ngwema said there was "no basis"
for such an application.
The station reported that Zuma would lodge an urgent application in
the Pretoria High Court to obtain a copy of an alleged damning
letter indicating that he sought to obtain a R500 000 bribe from a
company involved in South Africa's controversial R53-billion arms
deal.
SABC news reported that the letter was originally encrypted and
written in French, and that the Scorpions were in possession of an
English translation.
National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka's lawyers
would oppose the application, arguing that the matter could be
settled out of court.
Zuma is currently in Havana for the Conference of the Parties of
the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. –
Sapa.
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