Why Selebi did not continue his dialysis

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http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/selebi-is-a-very-sick-man-1.1358730

Johannesburg - Disgraced former top cop Jackie Selebi is a very sick man and has suffered a stroke, a pulmonary embolism and has had two infections that prevented him from getting dialysis, the medical parole advisory board told MPs on Tuesday.

Selebi, who was paroled recently on medical grounds, is also suffering from a “disease of the eyes” and can’t see properly, deputy chairwoman of the board Dr Angelique Coetzee told Parliament’s oversight committee on correctional services on Tuesday.

The committee was discussing general matters around medical parole and whether the correct procedures had been followed when Selebi was granted medical parole after serving only 229 days of his 15-year sentence for corruption.

“This is the last time we speak about the Selebi case. We’ve had a lot of debate on Mr Selebi. He also had a stroke earlier this year and there’s evidence of this in the MRI. He also had pulmonary embolism and a disease of the eyes, so he can’t see properly,” said Coetzee.

He also suffered from a motor function impairment, she said.

Coetzee added that Selebi, who was released on July 20 because of chronic renal failure, had chosen not to raise his health as an issue during his trial. “He was treated long before his trial by a well-known physician in Pretoria. He was aware. There was no favouritism,” Coetzee said.

ANC MP Vincent Magagula said: “It was very clear from day one when Selebi got to prison that this man is ill. He’s not the first inmate to be released on medical parole.”

Selebi was released under a new, stricter medical parole regime contained in the Correctional Matters Amendment Act, which was passed last year.

James Selfe (DA), alluding to the medical parole granted to President Jacob Zuma’s former financial adviser Schabir Shaik after he was sentenced to 15 years in jail for fraud and corruption, said the credibility of the medical parole process had been dented by previous high-profile cases. “The credibility of the medical parole system as a whole was derived from the old system,” said Selfe.

High-profile members of the ruling party who were as “fit as a fiddle” had been seen playing golf after being released, he said.

Velaphi Ndlovu, of the IFP, asked what would happen to other prisoners who were not fully aware of their rights under the new medical parole system.

Cope MP Paul Mnguni asked whether Selebi’s medical condition had been noted before his arrest and incarceration. “Record before arrest is important. The process is now dented and we need to try to resuscitate it,” said Mnguni.

The committee also touched on the medical parole of Shaik, who has been seen playing golf and “shadow boxing” since his release and the possibility of medical parole for Chris Hani’s killer Clive Derby-Lewis, who has prostate cancer. “The media confused the public about Derby-Lewis,” said Magagula.

Correctional Services National Commissioner Tom Moyane said the department had not received any medical parole applications from Derby-Lewis’s family.

He was responding to reports that Derby-Lewis’s wife, Gaye, had begun the process of applying for medical parole. “We haven’t received anything. We hear this all in the media,” said Moyane.

Shaik had been released under the previous process, before legislative amendments came into effect, he said.

“So we can’t review the process,” said Moyane.
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Shaik is shadow boxing? LOL!
 
He also suffered from a motor function impairment, she said.
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So we can expect to see him rollin' soon?

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He also had a stroke earlier this year
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So stroke victims will no longer be sent to jail? Right, gotcha...

and there’s evidence of this in the MRI.
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But no physical affliction to go with it. Mild strokes are fairly commonplace...

He also had pulmonary embolism
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Er, that's the stroke, you fscking morons...

He also suffered from a motor function impairment, she said.
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Yes, the stroke. But motor function impairment is not life threatening...

and a disease of the eyes, so he can’t see properly,” said Coetzee.
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But we're just not sure what disease this is. Oh, and this obviously means that the blind will no longer be sent to jail, right? Or actually anyone with eyesight troubles, for that matter.

None of this is life-threatening whatsoever. Medical parole cannot be granted on the basis that his quality of life in prison might not be 5-star ffs...

He’s not the first inmate to be released on medical parole.”
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Trust me, the South African public is well aware of this. As is the scratch-golfing, Italian eating, shadow-boxing, fraudster...
 
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“This is the last time we speak about the Selebi case.... "
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Look at the tone they take with the taxpayer. Like we are school children and they are tired of repeating the same thing over and over for us.

If you did not break so many rules, we would not keep on questioning you, idiots.
 
blunomore said:
Look at the tone they take with the taxpayer. Like we are school children and they are tired of repeating the same thing over and over for us.

If you did not break so many rules, we would not keep on questioning you, idiots.
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Unfortunately democracy is such that politicians can safely tell the tax payer to **** off because they're really only beholden to,
1) their political party
2) voters - only at election time

The tax payer can always be told to go sleep with himself :)
 
R13... said:
Unfortunately democracy is such that politicians can safely tell the tax payer to **** off because they're really only beholden to,
1) their political party
2) voters - only at election time

The tax payer can always be told to go sleep with himself :)
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What CAN be done and what OUGHT TO be done are chalk and cheese. Just because you think you can talk to someone in such a ****ty tone, does not mean you should.
 
As a south african, this **** makes me so proud to be an aussie. :banghead: because anything is less embarrassing than the anc 'running' your country...
 
Johannesburg - Disgraced former top cop Jackie Selebi is a very sick man and has suffered a stroke, a pulmonary embolism and has had two infections that prevented him from getting dialysis, the medical parole advisory board told MPs on Tuesday.

Selebi, who was paroled recently on medical grounds, is also suffering from a “disease of the eyes” and can’t see properly, deputy chairwoman of the board Dr Angelique Coetzee told Parliament’s oversight committee on correctional services on Tuesday.
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Hmmm got it!
 
Disease of the eyes.. :D he can not see the tax monies he want to lay his grubby paws on.
 
Someone should take them both out and say that both of them, in confidentiality, requested to be put out of their agonising misery.

Is that punishable? :p
 
iirc, he had a massive legal (b)ill which he was responsible for, what ever happened to that, any ideas?
 
actually there is something for his eye sight. it's called braille he can start learning to use it while in prison. many have self taught themselves because they too got this "disease" commonly known as "something wrong with eye sight".
 
Celine said:
actually there is something for his eye sight. it's called braille he can start learning to use it while in prison. many have self taught themselves because they too got this "disease" commonly known as "something wrong with eye sight".
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But it isn't life threatening. Quality of life is not a determining factor in parole hearings. The fact that he might be a little uncomfortable should be of no concern to them, and the fact that they use these arguments to justify their actions is an insult to every single South African. Not once have they brought up a life-threatening illness, yet they have the audacity to state that this will be the last time that they address this matter...
 
What exactly is a disease of the eyes. The medical parole board should have medical experts on it but what good are they if they can't identify an eye problem by its proper name.

A 10yo kid can also diagnose a problem with the eyes as an eye disease.
 
Picard said:
What exactly is a disease of the eyes. The medical parole board should have medical experts on it but what good are they if they can't identify an eye problem by its proper name.

A 10yo kid can also diagnose a problem with the eyes as an eye disease.
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They know what the disease is but don't want one mention it because every anc comrade has the same disease - its called see-it-want-it-take-it....
 
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