Mozambique: Hidden Debts - Don't Bring Politics Into the Court, Warns Judge

Maputo — Defence lawyers in the trial of 19 people accused of crimes connected with Mozambique's largest financial scandal, known as the "hidden debts", on Thursday demanded that Agriculture Minister Celso Correia be called as a witness.

This unexpected demand arose after one of the accused, Ines Moiane, the private secretary of former President Armando Guebuza, claimed it was Correia who informed her that a judicial case had been opened into the debts, that her name had been mentioned, and that suspects were about to be arrested.

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