Complex sentence: Due to their financial problems, the Masoods are forced to close down the post office and tell their neighbours that the government has closed them down but are forced to tell the truth when the residents start protesting.
Split into simpler sentences: Due to their financial problems the Masoods are forced to close down the post office. They lie to the local residents that the government has closed them down, and they are then forced to reveal the truth when the residents start protesting.