Former State Security Agency Director-General, Arthur Fraser, opened a criminal case against President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday over allegedly concealing information relating to a robbery at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo in February 2020.
Fraser alleged that suspects were kidnapped and interrogated, then paid off for their silence on the crime, as reported by Eyewitness News.
He also reported to the Rosebank police station that the criminals who entered Ramaphosa’s farm had stolen over $4 million in cash. He then claimed that the President withheld this information from the police and therefore breached the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.
The Presidency confirmed the robbery and the stolen cash, which was proceeds from the sale of game, but denied any wrongdoing on the part of the president.
Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said in a statement: “The president was attending an African Union Summit in Addis Ababa at the time of the incident. On being advised of the robbery, president Ramaphosa reported the incident to the head of the Presidential Protection Unit of the South African Police Service for investigation.”
Magwenya also said Ramaphosa would cooperate with any law enforcement operation linked to the incident.
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