Suspended South African police commissioner Jackie Selebi's court appearance on Friday on charges of corruption could spell the end of the elite Scorpions crime fighting unit - or its finest hour.
South Africa's national Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi
The court will decide if Jackie Selebi's hands are clean
Whatever happens to Mr Selebi, it is the moment of reckoning for a precariously independent unit that has stepped on many toes.
The FBI-style Scorpions unit, officially known as the Directorate of Special Operations, works closely with prosecutors in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
It has always been fiercely independent of the South African Police Service (SAPS) but the Scorpions' pursuit of the police chief has led to a new low in relations - perversely in a country with such high crime rates.
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