Lesotho Times Editor Wrongfully Arrested, Admits Anti-Corruption Agency

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences accused Mohalenyane Phakela of posing as an officer to obtain documents

• Lesotho Times editor Mohalenyane Phakela was arrested on 29 August and held overnight in a freezing police cell after the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) accused him of posing as one of its officers to obtain documents for a corruption story.
• The DCEO admitted on 8 September there was no evidence and dropped the case, but Phakela says officials never…