Bakang And Co. Free To Travel

Bakang seretse Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Bakang seretse Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Bakang Seretse, and his co-accused, Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang, are now free to travel outside borders. Chief regional magistrate, Christopher Gabanagae on Friday relaxed the accused persons' bail conditions allowing them to have their passports whenever they wish to travel.

The trio, who are facing money-laundering charges involving over P320 million from the National Petroleum Fund (NFP), have been fighting to get access to their accounts and be given passports in order to be able to travel outside.

During the ruling, the magistrate said the accused persons will often have their travel documents whenever they need to travel outside the country, but will surrender them upon return.

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