The decision by President Thabo Mbeki to exclude the Heath Special Investigation Unit from the controversial R43-billion arms deal probe signals the death knell of the unit, Judge Willem Heath said on Friday evening.
Quashing any hopes of the unit appealing the decision, Heath, who had not been officially informed of the exclusion by Mbeki said: "There is no next move because we have ceased to exist."
Heath said he was not surprised by the president's decision "because we have always anticipated the possibility".
"But of course I am disappointed. I know many other people in the country are disappointed. We were merely trying to protect the interests of the country as well as that of the government."
Source: News 24.com
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