{"id":19580,"date":"2022-09-03T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T10:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/cabinet-principal-secretary-flees"},"modified":"2022-09-03T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T10:05:44","slug":"cabinet-principal-secretary-flees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/cabinet-principal-secretary-flees","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Principal Secretary flees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>KABELO Lehora, cabinet\u2019s principal secretary, fled the country yesterday after he was called by the police. Lehora said he left the country because he feared the police would torture him.<\/p>\n<p>He said DCP Paseka Mokete called him last week asking him to report to the office on Wednesday. He said when he arrived at the police head office yesterday afternoon he \u201csensed that something was wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could feel there was something amiss,\u201d Lehora said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter waiting outside DCP Mokete\u2019s office for a long time I was tipped off to leave the head office and leave the country.<br \/>\n\u201cThe person who tipped me said it would be better for me to leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d DCP Mokete however laughed off Lehora\u2019s fears. He said he wanted to interview Lehora as a witness in the Lipolelo Thabane\u2019s murder case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a simple interview for witnesses in the case in which former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife are being charged with the murder of Lipolelo Thabane,\u201d DCP Mokete said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am shocked that he has run away and left the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a routine interview called by the prosecution team. He was not the only witness to be interviewed. \u201d But Lehora said his fears are not without justification. He said this is not the first time that DC Mokete \u201chas called me for an interrogation. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time he interrogated me about the same case and I developed serious stress that caused psychological and heart problems that put me on months of medication,\u201d Lehora said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat interrogation happened after Thabane had tried to put Commissioner Holomo Molibeli on retirement. Now they are calling me again after Prime Minister Majoro tried to put the commissioner on retirement. \u201d \u201cI see a connection. \u201d Lehora was among a group of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) members who left the country with Thabane in 2015 and spent two years in exile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. KABELO Lehora, cabinet\u2019s principal secretary, fled the country yesterday after he was called by the police. Lehora said he left the country because he feared the police would torture him. He said DCP Paseka Mokete called him last week asking him to report to the office on Wednesday. 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