Fraudster Schabir Shaik 

President Kgalema Motlanthe will consider a probe into the medical parole granted to fraudster Schabir Shaik if he received a request for one *1, he said on Tuesday.

The president was responding to a question on the matter on a visit to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton.

He said no such submission had been received by the presidency but it would be considered if brought.

The release of ANC president Jacob Zuma’s former financial adviser caused a public outcry with calls for Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour to probe the matter further.

Shaik was released from the Durban Westville Prison last Tuesday.

This weekend opposition parties called for an investigation into Shaik’s release, culminating in a probe by the Health Professionals’ Council.

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