Mokone out free on sedition charges
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Mokone was on Monday night charged with sedition under Sections 50 and 51 of the Penal Code, the first citizen in recallable history.
The two sections deal with the publication of articles likely to cause disaffection or hostility towards the head of state or the government.
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