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A statement by a police spy and state witness in the Boeremag
treason trial concerning an unrelated murder investigation
yesterday resulted in heated argument and an application to gag the
media.
Police spy Johan Smit revealed for the first time yesterday that
police had made secret tape recordings of several Boeremag meetings
at which an alleged coup plot were discussed.
The Boeremag treason trial was yesterday adjourned yet again - this
time so that the defence could continue with its study of about 800
pages of a so-called secret informer file.
Defence lawyers in the Boeremag treason trial sought access
yesterday to a file containing information collected by a police
informer, but the State contended the dossier was privileged.
Tension between the Boeremag treason trialists and the police was
evident in the Pretoria High Court yesterday, with allegations of
maltreatment, swearing and name-calling being bandied about.
The prosecution's plans to call its first witness in the Boeremag
treason trial next week were thwarted yesterday when defence
lawyers said they would bring yet more pre-trial applications.
Arguments are to continue in the Pretoria High Court today in an
application by 17 of the 22 Boeremag treason trialists for the
recusal of chief prosecutor Paul Fick, SC.
With former president FW de Klerk subpoenaed to testify for the
defence in the Boeremag treason trial, the prosecution was
consulting with one of his erstwhile cabinet ministers, it emerged
yesterday.
"Nonsensical and absurd" is how the State described arguments
yesterday by some of the 22 alleged Boeremag treason trialists that
the current government and all its institutions were illegitimate.