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Journalist on trial on state security charges

    JOHANNESBURG

    The trial of the state-owned ‘Radio Nacional de Angola’ and independent ‘Folha-8’ journalist, Andre Domingos Mussamo, is accused of violating state secrecy and spying on the local governor, began in Luanda on Tuesday, Portuguese news reports said.

    Reports said that the main charge against Mussamo was based on theft of classified documents and thus violating state secrets. The journalist found out about an official letter sent by the Cuanza Norte provincial governor to President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. He is alleged to have written a report on the letter which he did not publish.

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