<p>An ex-spy chief Wednesday said he had filed a legal complaint against South Africa's president, accusing him of "kidnapping" and bribing robbers who stole millions of dollars from one of his properties.</p>.<p>"I have taken the unprecedented step to lay criminal charges against his excellency, the president of the republic of South Africa," Cyril Ramaphosa, former intelligence head Arthur Fraser said in a statement.</p>.<p>According to Fraser, burglars on February 9, 2020 broke into a farm north of Johannesburg belonging to Ramaphosa with the help of a domestic worker, where they found and stole more than $4 million.</p>.<p>Fraser has accused the president of organising the "kidnapping of suspects, their interrogation on his property, and bribery".</p>.<p>"The president concealed the crime from the South African police service and/or South African revenue service and thereafter paid the culprits for their silence," he said.</p>.<p>Fraser's lawyer, Eric Mabuza, confirmed to AFP that he had filed the legal complaint at a police station in Johannesburg on Wednesday.</p>.<p>After a career in intelligence, Fraser then became chief of the country's correctional services.</p>.<p>It was he who in September ordered the release on medical parole of former head of state Jacob Zuma, just two months into a 15-month jail sentence for contempt following his refusal to testify in a probe into financial sleaze under his presidency.</p>.<p>Zuma was forced to resign in 2018 after a series of corruption scandals.</p>.<p>His successor Ramaphosa has pledged to fight graft. But he too has been called in for questioning in the investigation into alleged looting from state coffers during the Zuma era.</p>
<p>An ex-spy chief Wednesday said he had filed a legal complaint against South Africa's president, accusing him of "kidnapping" and bribing robbers who stole millions of dollars from one of his properties.</p>.<p>"I have taken the unprecedented step to lay criminal charges against his excellency, the president of the republic of South Africa," Cyril Ramaphosa, former intelligence head Arthur Fraser said in a statement.</p>.<p>According to Fraser, burglars on February 9, 2020 broke into a farm north of Johannesburg belonging to Ramaphosa with the help of a domestic worker, where they found and stole more than $4 million.</p>.<p>Fraser has accused the president of organising the "kidnapping of suspects, their interrogation on his property, and bribery".</p>.<p>"The president concealed the crime from the South African police service and/or South African revenue service and thereafter paid the culprits for their silence," he said.</p>.<p>Fraser's lawyer, Eric Mabuza, confirmed to AFP that he had filed the legal complaint at a police station in Johannesburg on Wednesday.</p>.<p>After a career in intelligence, Fraser then became chief of the country's correctional services.</p>.<p>It was he who in September ordered the release on medical parole of former head of state Jacob Zuma, just two months into a 15-month jail sentence for contempt following his refusal to testify in a probe into financial sleaze under his presidency.</p>.<p>Zuma was forced to resign in 2018 after a series of corruption scandals.</p>.<p>His successor Ramaphosa has pledged to fight graft. But he too has been called in for questioning in the investigation into alleged looting from state coffers during the Zuma era.</p>