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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 03:31 PM
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Interpol's head 'to be charged'
Source: BBC

South Africa's police chief Jackie Selebi is to be charged with corruption and "defeating the ends of justice", state prosecutors say.

A court on Friday rejected an urgent application by Mr Selebi, who is also the president of Interpol, to try to stop the prosecution.

He is alleged to have received at least $170,000 (£90,000) from a convicted criminal over a five-year period.

Mr Selebi has been under investigation since last year and denies wrongdoing.




Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7183569.stm
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 03:50 PM
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1. so when do they plug in the electrods? nt
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 03:59 PM
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2. Is this the same guy
who was on 60 min or dateline who was complaining about no funding for interpol? I have a vague memory about the piece.
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