Atul and Rajesh Gupta, implicated in a major corruption scandal, had been arrested in UAE last year.
Atul Gupta , one of the brothers accused of having a corrupt relationship with former President Zuma
Atul and Rajesh Gupta are accused in South Africa of profiting from their close links with former President Jacob Zuma and exerting unfair influence.The brothers, who deny any wrongdoing, fled after a judicial commission began probing a major corruption scandal. But a court in the UAE rejected the extradition application on a technicality, the TimesLive news site quotes South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola as saying."The reasons provided for denying our request are inexplicable and fly in the face of the assurances given by Emirati authorities that our requests meet their requirements," Mr Lamola said, South Africa's Mail & Guardian reports.
The justice ministry could not confirm this or whether the brothers, who had been granted South African citizenship, had acquired passports from the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.An official inquiry, known as the Zondo commission, took four years to probe allegations of high-level corruption under the Zuma presidency,It found that the brothers, who once enjoyed unfettered access to power that became known as "state capture", tried to influence political and economic decisions.
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