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 * //__PRESS RELEASE__//**

=Indictment served on 28 December 2007=


 * Michael Hulley, Attorney for Mr Jacob Zuma**

Today, 28 December 2007, the Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions) served on Mr Jacob Zuma an indictment to stand trial in the High Court on various counts of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud. According to the indictment, which was served on Mr Zuma’s Johannesburg residence in his absence, the trial is to proceed on 14 August 2008.

We find the timing of the service of the indictment most peculiar. Of course this comes shortly after the choice of Mr Zuma as president of the African National Congress(ANC) in a highly contested election. In light of the NPA proposing a trial date in August 2008, one cannot imagine the need for such haste and the service of the indictment over this Christmas period, when much of the world, commercial, legal and otherwise, is at rest.

The timing of the service of the indictment is calculated to quickly redress the popular support and call to leadership of the ANC which Mr Zuma’s election so obviously demonstrates. This lends credence to the long held view that the Scorpions are influenced and their prosecution informed by political considerations.

These charges will be vigorously defended, in the context of the belief that the Scorpions have acted wrongly and with improper motive calculated to discredit Mr Zuma and ensure that he play no leadership role in the political future of our country.


 * Issued By: Michael Hulley, Hulley & Associates, Attorneys.**


 * Capacity: Attorney, Mr Jacob Zuma**


 * 28 December 2007**

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