Arms deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne is claiming R5-million from Finance Minister Trevor Manuel in compensation for expenses incurred in fighting the multi billion-rand deal.

The demand is the latest salvo in a battle between the two men that has run over several years.

It is made in papers Crawford-Browne said he filed on Thursday in the Cape High Court, where Manuel is currently pursuing an application to permanently gag Crawford-Browne from accusing him of arms deal corruption.

Manuel also wants Crawford-Browne declared a vexatious litigant.

In a "notice of motion for dismissal, plea and counter-claims", Crawford-Browne said his involvement in the arms deal stemmed from his appointment by former archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane to represent the Anglican Church in the 1996 to 98 Defence Review.

He said he had now spent an estimated R5-million of his own funds in "exposing the arms deal scandal".

* This article was originally published on page 12 of The Star on June 27, 2008

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With acknowledgements to Cape Times.