NPA to charge former Hawks boss Dramat for illegal renditions
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Former national Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has been charged with the alleged illegal deportation of five Zimbabweans in 2010.
Dramat resigned as the head of the unit last April following a drawn-out court battle to challenge his suspension by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko over the renditions.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Luvuyo Mfaku says Dramat has been charged along with two of his former colleagues, former Gauteng head Shadrack Sibiya and Lesley Maluleke. They will appear in court within the next two weeks.
The three men are facing seven counts of kidnapping, one of defeating the ends of justice, and four of illegal deportation, in terms of the Immigration Act. Maluleke will face another three counts of robbery for allegedly taking possessions from the Zimbabwean nationals when they were being deported.
This comes as former KwaZulu Natal Hawks head Johan Booyen was granted R5 000 bail after appearing in the Durban High Court on Friday on re-instated racketeering charges.
Dramat resigned as the head of the unit last April following a drawn-out court battle to challenge his suspension by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko over the renditions.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Luvuyo Mfaku says Dramat has been charged along with two of his former colleagues, former Gauteng head Shadrack Sibiya and Lesley Maluleke. They will appear in court within the next two weeks.
The three men are facing seven counts of kidnapping, one of defeating the ends of justice, and four of illegal deportation, in terms of the Immigration Act. Maluleke will face another three counts of robbery for allegedly taking possessions from the Zimbabwean nationals when they were being deported.
This comes as former KwaZulu Natal Hawks head Johan Booyen was granted R5 000 bail after appearing in the Durban High Court on Friday on re-instated racketeering charges.
