Parliament has illegally destroyed confidential papers, among them documents crucial in the probe of gifts made to Mac Maharaj.
The former transport minister and his wife Zarina are being investigated by the Scorpions for allegedly receiving hundreds of thousands of rands from controversial Durban businessman Schabir Shaik, Deputy President Jacob Zuma's financial adviser.
An investigation by Independent Newspapers revealed on Tuesday that the confidential records of the register of members' interests were shredded - despite a decision by the committee that they "be kept on the same basis as other confidential records of government".
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