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Rautenbach served with Hyundai papers at Selebi trial

MIRAH LANGER | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Nov 19 2009 14:08

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Billy Rautenbach was served with papers related to the affairs of the Hyundai group during his appearance at the trial of former police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi on Thursday.

"Mr Rautenbach has just been served civil litigation related to the affairs of the Hyundai group," said his spokesperson Madelain Roscher.

"There is no link between the criminal case [Selebi's case] and the civil case."

The former Hyundai boss and mining magnate recently reached a R40-million plea agreement with the authorities on 326 charges of fraud.

He fled South Africa in 1999 when his Botswana-based Hyundai Motor Distributors collapsed.

He is also a major shareholder in the Central African Mining and Exploration Company.

Earlier, while on the stand, Rautenbach testified of a meeting in Johannesburg between his lawyer James Tidmarsh, Glenn Agliotti and Selebi about investigations against Rautenbach.

Convicted drug trafficker Agliotti has testified that Rautenbach paid him $100 000 (about R743 500) as an alleged bribe for Selebi to assist him with his run-ins with the law.

At the time, Agliotti asked for a R1-million fee for access to Selebi, but Rautenbach said he felt this was exhorbitant and declined, the court heard.

Selebi is being tried on a count of corruption and another of defeating the ends of justice in connection with at least R1,2-million he allegedly received from Agliotti, Rautenbach and others in return for favours. - Sapa

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Is there no news about the case now - today all media has changed focus - it's no longer about Selebi but Rautenbach's tax issues

Simon Mathope on November 19, 2009, 2:57 pm

Ha. Yesterday he was said to be missing. Now he pops up in court! South African Theatre Ltd, never a dull moment.

Citizen Mntu on November 19, 2009, 6:12 pm

Selebi is corrupt because of trusting his white friends. Today Selebi is corrupt person but his white accessories are getting pardon. My big question, Who corrupted Selebi?

Mokgadi Mathekga on November 20, 2009, 8:31 am

Mokgadi my man, the race card again. We corrupt ourselves! NO ONE else forces us to do the wrong thing. WE decide thats what we want, and we are very capable of allowing our our base nature to control our actions and then look around for someone else to blame.

Brian Smart on November 20, 2009, 12:12 pm

many people in Botswana lost their livilihood because of Rautenbach. Hopefully he will end up in a non racial jail with Selebi, Agliotti, Motlala and Molema can visit them all regularly. What fun!

derek james on November 20, 2009, 12:43 pm

Mokgadi, no one corrupted Mr Selebi. He chose the path... Your comment on trusting White people is misplaced.... Alleged corruption is not "race" bound.... It does ask you if you are orange, purple, green.

Count Kaz Vickerman on November 20, 2009, 11:29 pm

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