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Article: Khalid Rashid's lawyer hits back at government.(News)
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- Daily News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2006
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BYLINE: Angela Quintal and Linda Daniels
If anyone had besmirched the country's good name, it was the South African government, a lawyer for Pakistani national Khalid Rashid charged this week.
Zahir Omar was reacting to a cabinet statement in which it noted his "continuing campaign to besmirch the name of our government and our country regarding Rashid's deportation from our country".
"In many respects he has behaved in an unethical manner. In addition to allegations against theft of files, he has also - unlike other legal representatives - been doing a running commentary on what is transpiring in the court hearing."
Government ...