Mozambique: Hidden Debts - Defendant Refuses to Answer Questions

Maputo — Businessman Sidonio Sitoe on Friday evening suddenly stopped collaborating with the Maputo City Court, which is trying him, and 18 others, for crimes in connection with Mozambique's greatest financial scandal, known as the case of the "hidden debts".

In the afternoon, Sitoe answered questions from the judge, Efigenio Baptista, and the public prosecutor, Sheila Marrengula, which centred on the houses he had sold in 2013-2014 to Angela Leao, wife of Gregorio Leao, the then head of the Security and Intelligence Service (SISE). The prosecution belives that the houses formed part of a money laundering scheme, orchestrated by the Abu Dhabi based group, Privinvest, which had paid huge bribes to several Mozambican officials, including the Leao family.

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