While convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik's medical parole conditions have been slightly relaxed on the basis of good behaviour, he is not leaving the country. That's the word from the Department of Correctional Services following reports that Shaik, 58, had applied to travel to India for medical treatment.Spokesman Logan Maistry would not disclose details of his case yesterday.Last month, the golfing enthusiast's bid to amend his medical parole to normal parole failed.Maistry said Shaik's parole conditions had been reviewed and processed , as was the case for all offenders ."DCS also hereby confirms that no request to travel abroad has been received from the said offender, and media reports that the offender has applied to travel overseas for medical treatment are misleading and untrue."The department's chief deputy commissioner of incarceration and corrections, James Smallberger, said they had not had any problems with Shaik during the past few months.Shaik, who served 28 months of his 15-year sentence for fraud and corruption, was granted parole on medical grounds in 2009 after his doctors said he was terminally ill. They said he was clinically depressed, was losing his eyesight, had suffered a stroke and would die from "severe" high blood pressure.But since his release he has been seen shopping, dining out and playing golf. The parole board originally allowed him six hours of free time a day, but cut this to four after he was seen shopping outside his allotted free time. He is also allowed to attend mosque on Fridays.Shaik did not respond to queries about his amended parole. Last month he told the Sunday Times his medical parole conditions had harmed his family. "It's soul-destroying."But he had not given up hope. "This is not the end of the road ... The courts are there as well."His application in November caught the departments of justice and correctional services by surprisem, since there is no provision in law for such a step. It also raised new questions about the state of Shaik's health.His parole expires in 2021...