DCEC better not fool us

This happened days after what appeared like a covert operation that saw DCEC agents camping out at Maele’s house. On Sunday morning, the minister was taken to the DCEC offices to explain the large sums of money found in his yard. Maele has since denied knowledge of the origins of the money and claimed that he was being set-up. He even offered to be finger-printed to absolve himself from the case.

We commend the DCEC for being alert to this issue and following it up because the money could be proceeds of crime. However, without prejudicing the matter, we implore the DCEC to d§o more to get to the bottom of the issue. The DCEC investigations must be broadened because if Maele’s claims of a set up are to believed, this could be bigger than just the P50,000 found in the bin.