The Special Investigating Unit is set to initiate legal action against the UAE government over the alleged unauthorised use of Denel’s intellectual property, valued at R320 million.
The SIU is planning to institute civil proceedings over Denel ’s intellectual property used by the UAE government. Picture: ReutersTHE Special Investigating Unit is planning to institute legal action to set aside a contract relating to the use of state-owned enterprise Denel ’s intellectual property by the United Arab Emirates government.
SIU head Andy Mothibi said Denel lost intellectual property to the UAE government and that the matter really presented a very serious scenario. “We know we have got examples of cases of getting fugitives from outside the country becomes difficult. We will not relent because of that. We will really pursue them based on legal processes,” Mothibi said.
The legal action comes after the SIU was authorised to investigate the affairs of Denel, and the Denel contract was one of the matters probed by the Zondo Commission.“As complex as most all of the focus areas that are investigated, the investigations have been completed,” he said. Among the six focus areas was misappropriation of intellectual property rights in Denel’s missiles and combat vehicles.
The intellectual property contract was apparently signed by an official, who now works for a UAE government company.
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