MASERU
Tšeliso Mokhosi, the current Minister of Labour and Employment says he almost died at the hands of the most heartless five police officers in August 2017. Mokhosi was arrested in relation to the death of one Police Constable Mokalekale Khetheng.
Mokhosi said this when giving his testimony as a defense witness during a trial within a trial in a case in which four members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) are charged with murder of Khetheng.
He stated that five police officers namely Lethoko, Nkeane, Mohoang, Lebajoa and Chabalala subjected him to the cruelest and inhumane treatment one can imagine while interrogating him. He indicated that he was assaulted and suffocated adding that he ended up soiling himself.
Mokhosi said he arrived at Maseru Police Head Quarters at around 08:30 in the morning with his lawyer Attorney Qhalehang Letsika. He said after his lawyer handed him over to the police, they told his lawyer to leave.
“After an hour or so after my lawyer had left, I was asked if I knew anything about Khetheng’s death then I told them I knew nothing....
