World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Probe of Secret Army Unit Ordered
A committee of Parliament ordered an investigation into the funding of a secret South African military unit accused of political killings. It directed the auditor-general to examine books and vouchers of the Defense Ministry’s secret $2.2-billion Special Defense Account. The move could bring new disclosures about the shadowy Civil Cooperation Bureau, already under investigation by a judge. Allegations of officially sanctioned political killings have brought calls for the resignation of Defense Minister Magnus Malan.
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