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South Africa police have no plans to arrest finance minister

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his 2016 Budget speech to parliament in Cape Town, February 24, 2016.
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his 2016 Budget speech to parliament in Cape Town, February 24, 2016.
"He is not a suspect," Hawks spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi told Reuters, adding that the unit was not singling out Gordhan in its investigation of the surveillance unit.
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South Africa's elite Hawks police unit has no plans to arrest finance minister Pravin Gordhan as part of an investigation into a surveillance operation set up by the Revenue Service during his time in charge, a spokesman said on Monday.

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