Judgment on whether Marén de Klerk will be released on bail pending his extradition hearing was reserved for Friday.
In an affidavit, investigative officer Captain Willem van der Heever, who is based at global police organisation Interpol’s national central bureau in Pretoria, said De Klerk was a flight risk and “is likely to resume his unlawful activities”, should he be granted bail.
De Klerk allegedly registered Celax Investment Number One as a vehicle to channel proceeds of the fish quotas to the co-accused persons and entities via the trust account he managed for the state departments. In its evidence submitted to court on Thursday, the state could not provide details of any assets or bank accounts operated by De Klerk, saying the investigative officer “was not granted enough time” to do so.
Engelbrecht reiterated: “There is no way that Interpol could know he was there, therefore, the search for Mr de Klerk went on.”
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