LISTEN: 'Police must stop hiding behind legislation to conceal dirty laundry'
Veteran journalist and author of the controversial book The President's Keepers, Jacques Pauw, has described the decision to summon him to Durban North police station as 'purely intimidation tactics'.
Pauw says the decision to summon him followed a failed attempt to secure a warrant of arrest.
"I received a call from one Colonel Govender of the Durban North police station. He tried to get a warrant for my arrest from a magistrate in Pietermaritzburg, but failed.
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"I think everything, all the charges and investigations, boil down to intimidation. Even the state security investigation about the leaking of information is nothing but intimidation. Instead of investigating the Guptas and the looters of our state coffers, the police is wasting its resources on me."
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The State Security Agency (SSA) and South African Revenue Services (SARS) have in the past threatened legal action against Pauw and his publishers.
The book claims President Jacob Zuma owes SARS around R63 million.
"We continue to say that the information was legitimately published. I have done absolutely nothing wrong. My message to law enforcement: they should stop hiding behind legislation to conceal their dirty laundry. You cannot abuse legislation to try and hide a crime," says Pauw.