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South African prosecutors confirmed Friday they had obtained an arrest warrant for national police chief and Interpol president Jackie Selebi, as one of his friends appeared in court on murder charges.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that while it had taken moves to freeze the case against Selebi pending a review, it made clear the police chief was not in the clear.
NPA spokesman Tlali Tlali refused to give details of the warrant, saying they would "be made public at the appropriate time."
"Specifics of what we are looking for cannot be disclosed ... Read more
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Tupelo officials, ethics consu
TUPELO - The ethics expert hired by Tupelo to investigate claims of racial bias says the city has deliberately stonewalled her study by withholding information and lying to her.
Cindy Brown, of North Carolina-based EthicsNow, was hired for $27,000 in October to assess the city's practices and integrity. Her hiring came after residents and leaders complained about racial discrimination in municipal government.
City officials dispute Brown's claim, saying they have worked with her as requested. "This misunderstanding is not caused by a lack of cooperation," said Mayor Ed Neelly.
Brown was to finish her report by late January but said the city's lack of cooperation has delayed her. Of the 606 documents the city was to furnish her by mid-December, only 16 had been provided.
And although the city has given her more information during the past two weeks, Brown said, the report won't be ready until late June at the earliest.
She directly blames the city's chief operations officer, Darrell Smith, who was assigned as her point person in the investigation.
"Mr. Smith was misrepresenting the status of the documents to me and I believe misrepresenting the status of those documents to members of the City Council," she said. "He was in charge of this, and he knew, so I have no other conclusion to make than that those misrepresentations were deliberate."
Smith referred all questions to Neelly, who said his staff has furnished all the information Brown had requested - 200 pounds worth - and that he can't understand why she'd claim otherwise.
Brown admits she got that information but that it's not what she requested.
Neelly also said the city provided a room and computers at City Hall for employees to take Brown's surveys and that he encouraged everybody to participate but few of them did.
"It's easy to infer a clandestine plot on the part of the city to keep people from taking this survey," Neelly said, "but that's not the case."
The only documents Neelly said he denied Brown were those she requested after the fact. This month, Brown asked for all records related to street repairs, and for all records related to the maintenance of video cameras mounted in police vehicles.
Neelly said he didn't see how those documents had anything to do with racial bias. The investigation, he said, has gone on long enough and Brown needs to focus on what she has.
Brown said she needs those documents to verify claims that the city is repairing streets only in predominantly white neighborhoods and maintaining police equipment based on race.
Brown pointed to a contractual agreement the city signed to "cooperate with its obtaining and/or provide to EthicsNow the relevant records, documents, files and other written materials required ... ." She said not doing so would be a breach of contract.
She also said the delays have raised the study's cost and that she'd bill the city for her added expenses. Brown hasn't yet calculated those additional costs.
The city has had its own costs, said City Council President Dick Hill, who said employees have spent hours compiling documents for Brown and that her requests have taken them from their daily duties.
"It's a real burden," said Hill, who agreed with Neelly that the city has fully cooperated.
But Ward 4 Councilwoman Nettie Davis has her doubts. If Brown says she's not getting what she needs from the city, Davis said, there must be a reason.
"I don't know whether Darrell took this seriously or what, but they signed a contract," Davis said. "Dr. Brown is a professional person, and we are, too. We need to work together."
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