Two Men Charged with Smuggling Nuclear Equipment to Appear in S. African C

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Daniel Geiges, front, and Gerhard Wisser, back, appear in court in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, Thursday Sept. 9/AP


Johan Meyer is seen during brief appearance at Magistrate's Court in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 3 /AP

In South Africa, two men charged with smuggling nuclear-related equipment to Libya are expected to appear in court again Tuesday. They are among several people linked to South Africa who have been arrested around the world and accused of supplying Tripoli with nuclear materials.
Three arrests in South Africa in just over a week, all for smuggling nuclear-related equipment. The first to be charged was businessman Johan Meyer.

Police searched Mr. Meyer's business and seized 11 shipping containers holding what they call "components of a centrifuge uranium enrichment plant." The equipment is not in itself a weapon of mass destruction, but it is a key part of the process of building a nuclear bomb.

Daniel Geiges, front, and Gerhard Wisser, back, appear in court in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, Thursday Sept. 9/AP


Mr. Meyer's arrest hit the headlines after the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria congratulated South Africa for its work in breaking the nuclear proliferation network of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb.

Daniel Geiges, front, and Gerhard Wisser, back, appear in court in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, Thursday Sept. 9/AP

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1. Bail postponed for nuclear accused

The bail application of two Randburg men charged under laws against the proliferation of nuclear weapons was postponed at the Vanderbijlpark Regional Court until Thursday to give their lawyers time to study new documents.

Their lawyers said they needed more time to study and reply to "voluminous documentation", which also contained affidavits relating to their arrests.

When led up to the court, Wisser, the managing director of Krisch Engineering, looked calm, but his director Geiges looked bleak.

Wisser's attorney, Claudia Privato, said the documents they needed to study related to the state opposing bail for their clients.

Wisser was already on bail on similar charges in Germany.


Wisser's advocate, Anand Choudree, said earlier he wanted bail for Wisser on the grounds that a German court, where he faced similar charges, had also granted bail.

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