Why DCEC raided The Gazette

Friday, May 08, 2015

DCEC officer with a The Botswana Gazette computer after they raided the newspaper. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The decision to arrest Botswana Gazette journalists and subsequently raid the newspaper's offices by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime was meant to gag the paper from reporting on a fresh case of corruption involving very senior persons in politics an business

The raid on The Gazette and subsequent arrest of three staff members and lawyer by the agents of the Directorate Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) was due to the newspaper’s publication of fresh cases before the state organ.

The DCEC agents raided the newspaper on Tuesday, and the lawyers’ intervention stopped them from entering to apply a search and seize warrant.

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Why DCEC raided The Gazette

The decision to arrest Botswana Gazette journalists and subsequently raid the newspaper's offices by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime was meant to gag the paper from reporting on a fresh case of corruption involving very senior persons in politics an business

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