/ 29 May 2006

NPA won’t comment on Selebi investigation

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday would not comment on possible arrests in the case surrounding National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi.

NPA spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said he could not comment on this or anything else contained in a Mail & Guardian report on Friday.

The weekly paper reported that Selebi was linked to figures associated with slain businessman Brett Kebble.

”Our investigation, which began before Kebble’s death, has revealed a web of relationships connecting Selebi to Clinton Nassif, a Kebble security operative, and Glenn Agliotti, who worked with Kebble on a series of hush-hush projects,” the report read.

On Sunday the City Press reported that the allegations were the subject of an investigation by the NPA’s elite Scorpions unit.

”An investigation launched into the allegations is said to have elicited concrete information that could see an arrest tomorrow [Monday] or Tuesday,” the City Press stated. – Sapa