Just an exerpt of a news article (for all the Engels sprekend mense)
One of the key figures in the investigation into the pilot licence scam in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Colin Weir, has fled the country after being robbed, followed and terrorised.
The newspaper Beeld reports that Weir was robbed under suspicious circumstances last week, and was followed by strangers on two different occasions. He and his family boarded a flight to Australia under police escort on Sunday night.
Weir, an aviation expert, has since the beginning of the year been investigating the alleged buying and selling of examination papers for the senior commercial pilot’s licence. The investigation, which is now also handled by the police, has led to the arrest of the head of the Civil Aviation Authority, Trevor Abrahams, two other CAA officials and six pilots.
Last week, four men stole an attaché case containing R35 000 from Weir’s car while his daughter and a friend were in the car. The children were unhurt, but Weir believes it was an attempt to kidnap his child