Call to detain Rashid lawyer
2006-06-15 14:51
Pretoria - The department of home affairs on Thursday asked the Pretoria High Court to detain lawyer Zehir Omar for contempt of court.
Omar is the lawyer of Pakistani national Khalid Mahmood Rashid who disappeared after he was deported from South Africa in November last year.
Omar on Thursday brought an urgent application asking that Rashid's arrest, detention and removal be declared unlawful.
Home affairs says Omar made information public in his application that a judge previously ordered not be made public.
In papers the department asked the court that Omar be detained for contempt of court for a time seen fit by the court.
- SAPA