Law Society Botswana rebukes Mokone arrest

The LSB chairperson Lawrence Lecha said the arrest and detention of Mokone was on the basis of penal provisions, which did not, on the face of it, apply to the facts complained of by the state.

“The facts in issue are covered extensively in the affidavits filed by and on behalf of Mr Mokone at the High Court on 9 September 2014.  The reading of the warrant of arrest does not state with material particularity what article of the Sunday Standard newspaper has violated the said penal provisions,” said Lecha.