Butterfly's attorneys uncover State's alleged lies
Friday, November 15, 2019
Ndadi
Maswabi, a senior intelligence officer for the spy unit who is facing charges such as financing terrorism, has made an urgent application for bail following revelations that she was denied bail on false and fabricated evidence.
“The evidence previously used in court for my bail hearing was nothing but the State’s imagination,” she said.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...