In a message dated 12/25/99 4:41:08 AM Central Standard Time,
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<< The Government in Kanilai has always claimed that Koro's death was an
 accident. This is the first time that an SOS has publicly  admitted that
 Koro was murdered. In the posting sent by  Mori Kebba Jammeh today 23rd
 December, (culled from The Daily Observer) the last paragraph of what the
 SOS for Youth & Sport Yankuba Touray says about Koro's death makes an
 interesting reading. The Right Honourable Mr Yankuba Touray is either trying
 to tell us something or he is just using  sloppy or meaningless words  to
 express sloppy or meaningless ideas. The paragraph is reproduced below. I
 urge every Gambian, who is concern about Ceesay's death, to read it
 carefully. If possible over and over again and take note on the last
 sentence.

 MY OPINION
 In my opinion  the issue is not Ebou Jallow but it is the death of a
 statesman who was brutally murdered without the culprits being brought to
 justice.This issue can never be swept under the rug one day truth must be
 known whether the culprits like it or not.Gambians have the right to the
 truth and no amount of accusations of Gambians in America can avert the
 unveiling of that truth.


 Prince Coker

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This is Ramadan and l was trying to stay quiet about this. However, the
statement from Yankuba Touray that "they had asked the public to come forward
with any information they had about the Koro affair" left me thinking that
perhaps  they were asking the wrong people. Perhaps the public does not know
anything about this at all. perhaps they ought to look elsewhere.Have those
who are responsible to investigate crimes against the people (and murder is a
crime against the people) thought about actually doing the leg work on this
case, instead of waiting for the public to come and give them some
information?   Afterall, if a crime is committed, no citizen is above the
law, and an investigation should be done among the general public as well as
in the highest offices alike,  if those conducting such an investigation are
sincere in their efforts.An investigation consists of competent  law
enforcement personnel  utilizing proven methods of detective work to get at
the truth, and not merely sitting back and making a statement that the public
should come forward with any information they have, and leaving it at
that.That actually gives quite the wrong impression, and is not the way to
elicit confidence from the public, nor does it say much about the ability,
impartiality, desire to see justice done and competence of those charged with
safeguarding the public's safety.

Jabou Joh

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