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Assassination plots, dented credibility torment Hubona

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A senior Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) investigator, Jako Hubona claims that he was targeted and there was a ‘covert’ plan to assassinate him.

Spilling the beans on what happened behind the scenes of the alleged controversial ‘P100 billion money-laundering scheme’ now popularly known as the ‘Butterfly’ case, Hubona recently wrote a report to President Mokgweetsi Masisi.

In the report leaked to Mmegi, Hubona claims he was almost assassinated. He said at some stage, he received a call on December 12, 2019, from the current Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) acting boss, Tshepo Pilane warning him about a plot to kill him.

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Assassination plots, dented credibility torment Hubona

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