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Seve
ral people with "evil intentions" were arrested in South Africa
five days before the elections last month, leading to the arrests
of al-Qaeda suspects internationally, the Star newspaper reported
today.
Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi told the National Assembly's
safety and security committee yesterday, "We arrested some people
who had evil intentions against this country - we did not tell
anybody - five days before the election. We got these people to
leave."
The South African operation sparked arrests of suspects linked to
al-Qaeda in Jordan, Syria and Britain, Selebi said.
"The result is that you saw in Jordan, in and around those days, a
number of people arrested who were called Al-Qaeda. A number of
people were arrested in Syria as a result of our operation.
"In part of this operation, in London, the British police found
boxes and boxes of South African passports in the home of one of
these people... ," Selebi said.
Selebi made these remarks to the committee as an example of the
battle faced by government in stamping out corruption in the
Department of Home Affairs, the Star reported. - Sapa
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