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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) leader, Teboho Mojapela, was yesterday interrogated by the police for hours for allegedly \u201cbeing escorted by six cars with heavily armed people\u201d.<\/p>\n

He was released around 10:15pm last night. Police Minister Lebona Lephema told parliament yesterday that Commissioner Holomo Molibeli said Mojapela \u201cwas stopped with his convoy of six cars full of armed bodyguards\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe confirmed to me that indeed Mojapela was in their office at the time where he was helping the police with investigations,\u201d Lephema said.<\/p>\n

He added that he was told that Mojapela was arrested after he crossed the border at around 12:40 pm near Hoohlo Primary School along the Mpilo Boulevard.<\/p>\n

He said the police pulled Mojapela over and asked for an explanation why they were carrying the guns they had in their possession. \u201cThe investigations are still ongoing on the matter,\u201d Lephema said.<\/p>\n

The Leader of Opposition Mathibeli Mokhothu told the media outside parliament that he received a report that Mojapela was arrested by heavily armed police together with his two bodyguards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police say they are doing an investigation on the three of them,\u201d Mokhothu said. He added that the first bodyguard had already been interrogated at that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are about to interrogate the second bodyguard, then they will interrogate Mojapela lastly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also said other reports said Mojapela was arrested for financing some criminal activities through one of his companies. \u201cThey will give us proof if any,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the other accusation is that Mojapela\u2019s company has guns in Newcastle, South Africa. Mokhothu also said the police told them that they were not sure if Mojapela would sleep in the cell or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unlawful to arrest a Member of Parliament while on the way to parliament. Our lawyers need to work on this matter. \u201d<\/p>\n

Speaker of Parliament Tlohang Sekhamane had to adjourn the House early yesterday saying he feared for the MPs\u2019 safety after what had happened to Mojapela. MPs condemned Mojapela\u2019s arrest saying it was unlawful.<\/p>\n

The Makhaleng MP, Mootsi Lehata, said parliament\u2019s \u201cStanding Orders are clear that a member cannot be arrested on the way to parliament or at the parliament premises\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Thaba Putsoa MP, Lebohang Monaheng, urged the Speaker to suspend the House while investigating Mojapela\u2019s arrest. Sekhamane told the House that the matter was critical.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis needs to be addressed with maturity,\u201d Sekhamane said. He adjourned the House for an hour saying they were going to investigate further and ask Lephema about the reasons for Mojapela\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

After his return after an hour, Sekhamane said he spoke with all the stakeholders including Lephema and the leaders of opposition parties who were at the police headquarters. Sekhamane said the issue should not be politicised.<\/p>\n

He said it is true that Mojapela was on the way to parliament, adding that the matter needed to be investigated further as the police know that the law does not allow for the arrest of an MP on the way to parliament.<\/p>\n

Sekhamane urged Lephema to get to the bottom of the issue. \u201cWe need to come here in freedom so that we do our job without fear,\u201d he said. He adjourned the House because of the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am adjourning the House so that you leave during the day, not later than this because of what is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) leader, Teboho Mojapela, was yesterday interrogated by the police for hours for allegedly \u201cbeing escorted by six cars with heavily armed people\u201d. He was released around 10:15pm last night. Police Minister Lebona Lephema told parliament yesterday that Commissioner Holomo Molibeli said Mojapela \u201cwas stopped with his convoy of six […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,246,245,568],"class_list":["post-36234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho","tag-people"],"yoast_head":"\nPolice grill Mojapela - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) leader, Teboho Mojapela, was yesterday interrogated by the police for hours for allegedly ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police grill Mojapela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) leader, Teboho Mojapela, was yesterday interrogated by the police for hours for allegedly ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-24T18:23:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-24T18:46:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/sm_1700838847.205493.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police grill Mojapela\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-24T18:23:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-24T18:46:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela\"},\"wordCount\":574,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/sm_1700838847.205493.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\",\"people\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/police-grill-mojapela\",\"name\":\"Police grill Mojapela - 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