Minister of Defence was yesterday beaten up by about 200 ex-soldiers who were protesting for their benefits at his office at Tower Hill.
According to eyewitnesses who described the scene as a show of lawlessness by the disgruntled ex-soldiers, several punches landed on Palo Conteh and his cloth torn leaving him in his underwear.
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