Ex-spy boss must ‘come clean’

Former State Security Agency director-general Arthur Fraser is in the best position to know what led to state capture, Congress of the People (Cope) says.

On Monday, Fraser’s legal representative advocate Muzi Sikhakhane said he would lay bare to the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture “secrets that relate to presidents and judges”.

Sikhakhane told the commission’s chair, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, his client “is probably the only implicated person who has been accused of treason” and that he never received a 3.3 notice when former spies Gibson Njenje and Mzuvukile Maqetuka implicated him.

Cope national spokesperson Dennis Bloem said the “threat” by Fraser to expose presidents, parliamentarians and judges was welcomed, adding he had a duty to “come clean” and tell who was responsible for the state capture.

“Mr Fraser knows very well that the Zondo [inquiry] is not investigating state secrets. Its mandate is to investigate state capture and corruption.

“There are serious allegations before the commission against Mr Fraser that implicate him in wrongdoing. We want to hear about the R600 million Principal Agent Network,” Bloem said.

“Mr Fraser cannot hide behind the oath of secrecy that he took. Three of his former senior colleagues, Mzuvukile Maqetuka, Mo Shaik and Gibson Njenje, appeared before the commission and gave evidence and they never contravened any law.”