POLITICAL NEWS - Investigative journalist Jacques Pauw says he’s meeting his legal team on Friday to prepare for any eventuality following confirmation of a Hawks investigation related to his book The President’s Keepers.

The State Security Agency confirmed on Thursday that an investigation is underway into the possible leaking of classified information in the book.

It contains serious allegations against South African Revenue Service (Sars) and claims that President Jacob Zuma is a tax evader.

The second leg of the launch of Pauw’s book went ahead without incident on Thursday night in Pretoria.

Pauw says that no charge has been laid against him despite State Security Agency stating the contrary.

“Despite what the State Security Agency said that they laid a charge against me, the Hawks said no it’s not a charge, it’s only a complaint.”

He says that a move to charge him under the Intelligence Services Act will just prove the book's contents to be true.

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