Government must play open cards about South Africans being detained in China
15 July 2015
If the South African government does not want to be dragged into yet another international scandal, it should immediately play open cards about the real reasons why a group of South Africans in China was arrested and detained, Dr. Pieter Groenewald, the FF Plus’ chief spokesperson on Police and state security said.
While the government is drawing a veil over the matter and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is denying that he is personally dealing with the matter on the highest level in China, the FF Plus’ information is that the people in group had been arrested for suspected espionage.
The FF Plus’ information is that advanced technological equipment which could be used for espionage and which could spy on data and servers had been found with some of individuals in the tour group. Nobody has been formally charged as yet.
Dr. Groenewald says that the situation is extremely serious as the death penalty is handed down for espionage in China.