THE DEPUTY NATIONALCOMMISSIONER
DIRECTORATE FOR PRIORITY CRIME INVESTIGATION
Lt Gen A Dramat
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
Honourable Mr T Godi
Chairperson: Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Parliament
PO Box 15
CAPE TOWN
STATUS OF THE BAE AND GFC INVESTIGATIONS
Further to your letter dated 24 June 2011, it is once again reiterated that there is, and was, no intention on the side of this office, not to give due consideration to the oversight and monitoring function of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
If my letter dated 5 November 2010 created the impression that the DPCI does not have the capacity or the desire to investigate the BAE and GFC matters, I wish to rectify such a perception by stating that capacity and willingness were not factors which were taken into account to close the investigation. What I referred to in my letter is that the prospects of finding and securing relevant evidence after all these years are bleak and that any further investigation into this matter will have to start afresh.
It is not the practice of the police to reveal the names of, or information regarding suspects in criminal investigations, especially where such persons have not appeared in a court of law in respect of any charges levelled against them. It is conceded that the name of the late Minister of Defence, Mr. Joe Modise was mentioned as a possible suspect in my letter to you, as the late Minister's name is already in the public domain.