Stuart James Scharnick, who has filed a defamation lawsuit against SAPS Crime Intelligence divisional head Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo, has been arrested.

Stuart James Scharnick has been arrested at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria.

His arrest follows an earlier incident in which Scharnick allegedly intimidated a Sowetan journalist inside the auditorium after the journalist filmed him engaging with suspended MP Fadiel Adams.

*This is a developing story and will be updated.

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