Gupta employee got work permit in a day, no queuing either

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After taking the stand at the commission on Monday, Sundaram described how he was able to flout normal processes to procure his South African working visa in 2013.

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Through the Gupta family's connections, Sundaram - a journalist by trade - said he got his working permit one day after submitting forms to Sahara chief executive and state capture-implicated, Ashu Chawla.

Sundaram was employed as ANN7's consulting editor in May 2013, a position he was contracted to for two years. His job was to get the station up and running for the Gupta family: setting up the company's organisational structure, interviewing and training staff, and establishing the editorial workflow.

He said he worked out of Infinity Media shareholder Laxmi Goel's offices in India for the first month before coming to South Africa.When it was time to get his work permit, Sundaram said Goel instructed him to submit his security clearances and medical certificates to Chawla. He claimed he was told that Chawla would"speak to high officials" in then president Jacob Zuma's office who would influence the department of home affairs to expedite the process.

The same was done for a team of his Indian colleagues who came to South Africa to work for the Gupta's Infinity Media.

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