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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 50
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 14 FEBRUARY 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 1-2013)
Date reply submitted: 12 March 2013
50. Mrs D A Schäfer (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) What is the current status of case number 355/12/11 filed at the
South African Police Service (SAPS) at Milnerton, Western Cape;
(2) whether the complainant has been advised that the matter is a civil
case in respect of which the SAPS cannot do anything; if not, why not;
if so, on what basis was the decision made that the alleged fraud
and/or theft was a civil matter?
NW53E
REPLY:
1) The case docket, Milnerton CAS 355/12/2011, had been closed as
withdrawn on 15 November 2012 and filed in the archives at Milnerton
police station.
2) Yes, the complainant had been informed on 5 November 2012 by means of
ansms bundle, that the Senior Public Prosecutor at Cape Town
Magistrateâs Court declined to institute prosecution, as the matter
had been regarded as a civil matter.
Reply to question 50 approved by the Minister