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Government lied about Mahao’s Death

MASERU The widow of the late Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao told the High Court during her cross-examination that her family completely lost trust in the government of the time because it lied about how he died. On Tuesday, Mrs ’Mamphanya Mahao testified in the ongoing trial where nine LDF members face charges of murdering Lt Gen Mahao. She recalled how, soon after the killing,the then Defence Minister Tšeliso Mokhosi went on national radio to claim that an “accident” had taken place and that “an officer had…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...

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