Pasamba Jow wrote:

> ay 23, October 2000
>
>                      More than five years after his
>                                     death
>
>                   KORO'S FAMILY STILL AWAIT
>                      POST-MORTEM REPORT
>
>                  More than four months after the APRC government said it had
>                  appended a post-mortem report on late Finance Minister Koro
>                  Ceesay among its defence statement to the African
> Commission on
>                  Human and Peoples' Rights Sainey Ceesay the distraught
> father of
>                  Koro has claimed that he has not received such a report
> despite a
>                  promise by the government to that effect.
>
>                  Mr. Ceesay who said he will always be interested in getting
> to the
>                  bottom of the mystery surrounding his son's death, said he
> was
>                  never aware of any post-mortem report about his 'late boy'
>                  emanating from the government.
>
>                  Mr. Ceesay claimed that news of the government's so-called
>                  post-mortem report to the Commission reached him as a 'big
> surprise'
>                  invoking a sense of disbelief since according to him the
> government
>                  had been silent over the issue for a long time. He said
> individuals
>                  representing the state had told him that they would send
> him any
>                  post-mortem report after some investigation concerning his
> late son
>                  who was found burnt to death in his official vehicle in
> June 1995. Mr.
>                  Ceesay said following his son's funeral the then AFPRC
> junta had
>                  sent a delegation to his family with a 'firm promise' to
> investigate the
>                  incident, which claimed his son's life.
>
>                  Mr. Ceesay pointed out that although he has written
> 'countless'
>                  letters to the government reminding them of their promise,
> he has
>                  received no reply to inquiries about the way Koro Ceesay
> died.
>                  According to Mr. Ceesay who is a former primary school
>                  headmaster, save for reports he had read from a local
> newspaper,
>                  suggesting that the government had issued a Koro-related
>                  post-mortem report in its defence to the African Commission
> against
>                  ex- president Jawara's allegations of human rights abuses,
> torture
>                  and killing in The Gambia since 1994, he has not been
> contacted by
>                  the government over the issue since.
>
>                  According to the African Commission on Human and Peoples'
>                  Rights a post-mortem report on Koro Ceesay was tendered to
> it by
>                  the APRC government, claiming that the Finance Minister had
> died
>                  in an accident while using a state vehicle, which was found
> burnt
>                  beyond recognition near Jambur. It denied killing Koro as
> alleged by
>                  ex President Sir Dawda Jawara. The Commission had also
> revealed
>                  that another report on former AFPRC spokesman Sadibou
> Hydara
>                  had asserted that he died of high blood pressure.
>
>                  Meanwhile Sainey Ceesay, sounding hoarse told The
> Independent
>                  that although the passing of his son four years ago is
> irrevocable,
>                  Koro's family would at least start to lay worrying thoughts
> of his
>                  death to rest, if they are told the truth surrounding the
> incident.
>
>                  As part of allegations tendered to the African Commission
> on
>                  Human and Peoples' Rights Sir Dawda Jawara, the former
> Gambian
>                  President had claimed that the military government had
> 'killed Koro'
>                  and other Gambians who had fallen foul of the then
> administration.
>                  We were however unable to obtain a copy of the post mortem
> report
>                  from the African Commission.
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We have observed that Pa Samba Jow is a regular reader of our news items in the net and he should know that
guys like him are the ones who encourage us and keep us going. May we also request Pa Samba to be somewhat of
a stringer there for us at his own convenience. We know that a lot is going on there with the Gambian
community and we would be grateful if you could give us a taste of them.
Thanks
Editor, The Independent

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