Maputo — The chief attorney in the western Mozambican province of Tete, Arsenia Matusse, has denounced the "political interference" that prosecutors face whenever they try to take action against illegal Chinese loggers in the province, reports Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".
Speaking at a seminar organised in Tete city last week by the National Forest Forum (FNF), she said that some prosecutors have been transferred out of the province, and others are at risk of their lives because of their efforts o protect the province's forests.
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