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Former police commissioner Jackie Selebi will be released from prison, Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele announced in Pretoria  on Friday.

“Mr Selebi will be going home today,” Ndebele said.

Explaining the decision to release Selebi, the Minister said: “The department has limited capacity to provide for palliative care needed by some offenders”.

Palliative care meant he would be kept comfortable until his death, as there was no hope of him recovering.

An 11-member medical parole advisory board met on June 20 and recommended the release of six offenders, including Selebi, who needed dialysis for kidney failure.

Three of them had since died, said Ndebele.

Selebi was the president of Interpol at the time of the investigation into claims that he received money from convicted drug trafficker and police informer Glenn Agliotti.

He was convicted of corruption in July 2010, and handed a 15-year jail sentence.Selebi appealed against the corruption conviction in the Supreme Court of Appeal. His appeal was denied.

In December 2011, he collapsed at home in Waterkloof, Pretoria, while watching the judgment on television.

The appeal outcome meant he had to begin his 15-year jail sentence for corruption.

It was decided he would stay in Pretoria Central prison’s medical wing indefinitely.

At the time he had not instructed his medical team to apply for medical parole. reports said Selebi had been trained to administer his own treatment.

He suffers from diabetes and kidney disease, according to reports.

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Jul 20, 2012

Bizzabo

Why am I not surprised? my goodness!
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Jul 20, 2012

MpondoZihlanjiwe

What took them so long, was wait for it. SA Justice system sucks big time
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Jul 20, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Are they going to take him Shibir Shaik style................ ambulance, drips, the whole enchelanda

Ya ne, some animals are more equal than others
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Jul 20, 2012

KasiKid

WT F?

Helen come rescue us from this one, lodge an appeal please.
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Jul 20, 2012

Mothata

Am i dreaming? For what reason?
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Jul 20, 2012

FarCeSpotter

WTF!!!! The impunity of the ANC. We are now really a banana republic.

Selebi and Shaick are proably going to drink a few Chivas on the new South Africa.

To all who vote for the ANC: Shut up and put up.
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Jul 20, 2012

Papage

And how much money did we waste on courts for his trial? This is SA Justice System at its best. Only the poor and not connected will suffer. Nature will Judge you Government.
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Jul 20, 2012

TP.Son

Ya neh.?? Money talks. Ge o sena tshelete o bothateng. Mxm..!!!!
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Jul 20, 2012

jnrb

Amazing how the ANC just p*sses on the highest court in this country. The make an absolute mockery of justice. I believe his trial costed the taxpayer approx R15 million! What a joke - soon there will be no difference between SA and Zimbabwe.
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Jul 20, 2012

opelong123

Thanks you Jesus,i have been praying for this man to come out.....
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