By Johnathan Paoli
Corruption-accused Pretoria businessman Kishene Chetty on Thursday claimed he had been subjected to years of harassment by law enforcement officials who repeatedly arrested him using “recycled charges” and duplicated cases.
Appearing before Parliament’s ad hoc committee, which is investigating allegations of criminal infiltration of and political interference in the country’s justice system, Chetty said he wasn’t there to contest the merits of the cases he has been charged with, but to document “systemic abuse” by investigators and prosecutors.
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“I’m not here to prove my innocence. I’m here to show the abuse of power from IPID, the NPA, the SAPS and the judiciary. Because the case that was struck off the roll was recycled and baby cases were made [from it],” Chetty said.
He is facing criminal charges in a SAPS-linked PPE procurement case, including fraud, corruption, forgery
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