The DA has on Wednesday called on President Kgalema Motlanthe to establish a probe into Schabir Shaik's early release from prison on medical parole.

DA MP and correctional services spokesperson James Selfe made this request in a letter to Motlanthe. This after reports that the president on Monday said he would consider such a probe if he was officially requested to do so.

During a visit to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange this week, Motlanthe said he had yet to receive any requests for his intervention, but would consider such a step if he was officially asked to do so.

"We would welcome any such step from the President," Selfe said in a statement this morning [WED].

He also noted that the President could make use of a "built-in statutory mechanism" which has not been invoked in this process - that of referring the matter to the Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board headed by Judge Siraj Disai.

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With acknowledgements to Deon de Lange and The Star.