PRESS RELEASE RE SUPPOSED "FRAUD" BY CLIVE DERBY-LEWIS

 We have noted Minister of Correctional Services (DCS) minister Masutha's  latest remarks in the press and on television that there is the  "possibility" of Clive Derby-Lewis committing fraud and "if any fraud is  found, Derby-Lewis will be charged", declared the minister.   Any old red herring will do to deflect from the fact that Clive Derby-Lewis  has terminal cancer, that his lung condition is "inoperable" and that his  cancer has spread to his adrenal gland. He should have been granted medical

 parole, and if there is any fraud in existence, perhaps some people should  look in the mirror.  

 The three reasons given by the Minister for not granting medical parole are  spurious.  

 Firstly, remorse is not a criteria for the granting of medical parole. But  for the record, and for the Minister's edification, Clive expressed remorse

 publicly during the TRC hearings at the end of the nineties, and this is on  public record. Clive asked to speak to Mrs. Hani on more than one occasion

 and Adv. George Bizos, acting for the Hani family, refused.

 Secondly, as far as the so-called fraud is concerned, when Clive entered

 hospital in 2010 with a gangrenous leg, he was admitted by the Department of

 Correctional Services under an assumed name! This DCS declared was for

 security reasons. The name chosen by DCS was  either Gerhard or Philippe du

 Plessis, we can't remember which.

 When Clive was stabbed in March 2013,he was again admitted to hospital and

 again the assumed name was used under instructions from DCS as journalists

 were trying to find him by walking around the wards. So this "fraud" that

 Clive is supposed to have committed is untrue, and if this current minister

 had taken the trouble to check with his own department, he would have

 discovered why the nom de plume was used. He must be very careful what he

 says - we have sent his remarks to our legal team for further discussion.

 Calling Clive a fraud is bad, and coming from a minister makes it even

 worse. We will see what our attorneys say.

 In addition, seventeen doctors who are members of the Medical Parole

 Advisory Board recommended parole for Clive. They take into account

 everything about his medical history and condition, not only his lung

 cancer. He has other ailments. The minister is not a doctor, yet he has

 overruled his own Advisory Board, clearly for political reasons.. These

 seventeen doctors know the parole legislation perhaps better than the

 minister and they wouldn't recommend parole outside these regulations. A

 P.E.T. scan was ordered by DCS and was carried out by DCS doctors,. two of

 whom were  oncology and lung specialists. The PET scan showed the cancer had

 spread to the adrenal gland.

 It is interesting that none of these doctors questioned the hospital records

 (some of which were in the name of du Plessis).They were happy with the

 affidavits signed by the various hospital specialists!

 The minister says there are no supporting affidavits relating to this

 identity question. He said he only received Clive's affidavit in this

 regard.  Yet I sat in the hospital room with Clive, DCS warders and Dr. N.

 Ndamase of the DCS Area Commissioner's Office on 16 January 2015 when she

 collected the affidavits from the two specialists re the identity question,

 and purportedly took these affidavits to the Minister's office via the Area

 Commissioner's office. WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE TWO AFFIDAVITS which the

 non-appearance of which the minister is using as an excuse not to grant

 medical parole?

 It is also significant that Clive applied for normal parole in November 2013

 at the same time as Eugene de Kock. De Kock is out and Clive has heard

 nothing. The application is probably in File 13!