Manyokole arrested, charged with money laundering, corruption Manyokole arrested, charged with money laundering, corruption
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Mohalenyane Phakela
DIRECTORATE of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole, was on Thursday arrested and charged with money laundering, corruption and abuse of power.
He appeared before Maseru Magistrate Teboho Thoso who released him on free bail the same day.
Magistrate Thoso also ordered Adv Manyokole to reappear before him on 4 March 2021 for the setting of the trial date.
Adv Manyokole’s arrest and court appearance followed the issuance of a warrant for his arrest on Wednesday by Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Murenzi.
Warrant of arrest for DCEO boss Manyokole
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Pascalinah Kabi
MASERU Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Murenzi is said to have yesterday ordered the arrest of suspended Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general, Mahlomola Manyokole. This after Advocate Manyokole allegedly failed to honour Acting DCEO boss Adv Sefako Seema’s demand for him to report to the DCEO office to answer money laundering allegations levelled against him.
According to authoritative government sources, Adv Manyokole allegedly took some money which had been deposited into the anti-corruption body’s safe shortly before his suspension last month.
“Magistrate Murenzi issued a warrant of arrest against Manyokole this evening (yesterday) after Manyokole repeatedly failed to honour requests to report to the DCEO,” a government source said in an interview with the
MASERU-TWO members of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) executive committee say party leader Thomas Thabane is too ill to continue leading the party.The two have
Defections rock ABC
MASERU-Ten members of two popular musical bands which were closely connected with the All Basotho Convention (ABC) have defected to the Democratic Congress (DC) party.
The two parties are partners in a coalition government led by Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro.
The bands were crowd pullers at the party’s rallies.
They crossed to the DC last Friday.
The bands are led by Sello Kuoe, widely known as Chaile, and Molapo Molapo.
The ABC national executive committee members declined to comment saying it is the spokesman, Montoeli Masoetsa, who has the mandate to speak.
Efforts to contact Masoetsa failed this week.
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