Dampha,
i never wanted to participate in this debate
but i think i owe the topic my personal opinion to be
known.
I will begin by thanking you for defending the truth
on this particular topic.I am saying this because the
fact of the matter on this topic is not whether
Chongan ever violated anybody's right or not but
whether Chongan deserve commendation for coming out to
the G-L and narrating about his darkest days during
his detention at the mile 2 central prison in 1994.
What is expected from the members of the L is to
encourage other ex-detainee s to come forward and tell
the side of their stories but not to condemn
Mr.Chongan because that would mean intimidating others
who intended to come.
Secondly,from the day of the coup until today,i have
never heard any gambian be it in the country or
outside, claiming that Chongan once pointed a gun at
him or attempted to kill him.From the day of the coup
to date,i have never heard any body claiming that
Chongan abused his powers during his time in office
because the AFPRC military Junta invited people to
come forward and tell their stories whoever was once
mal treated by the detainee s but no one came forward
therefore,for anyone to come out now and attempt to
discredit him after he has narrated his story would
mean a personal grudge,honestly.
We have the gambian press but i doubt if any one ever
came across any article stating that Chongan went to a
Prison camp and tortured prisoners or robbed gambians?
Even if that ever happened,now is not the right time
to portrait Chongan.One should have done that when
they were brought to the Banjul Magistrate court.As
for now the topic is what happened to Chongan,Ebou
Colly,Amat Cham,RSM Jeng and whoever was detained
during the same period with them.
I am 100% sure that neither Chongan,Amat Cham,Ebou
Colly nor Jeng would tell you that they know me but
when it comes to a point for one to tell his honest
opinion,i will do regard less of what.
I am sorry if i have offended anybody.
Saihou
--- Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ous, there is no one that is putting your
> credibility in doubt better than
> you are doing. You are the one that is making
> allegations that you are NOT
> backing up. Chongan narrated torture meted on him.
> He said he was
> handcuffed, dragged out of his cell while he was
> almost naked, beaten
> senseless, has Yankuba Touray put a loaded gun in
> his mouth, incarcerated in
> solitary confinement and left to fight with the rats
> for his food under
> conditions that no human being should endure.
> Specific facts about what
> ACTUALLY happened.
>
> You read his piece, hypocritically pretended to
> understand his plight, then
> turn around and stab him in the back by saying that
> he is merely a
> 'cry-baby' who was "a worst monster during your
> years in uniform". Now, we
> challenge you to show us why you said Chongan was a
> worse monster than say
> Yankuba Touray. You came back and said that Chongan
> "had, in the past,
> repeatedly arrested innocent people and physically
> assaulted them in broad
> daylight, fire his hand gun in the air to end
> nightclub and bar sessions, go
> after his supposed foes". Are these your specific
> facts that are worse than
> those narrated by Chongan and Ebou Colly? Does this
> sound to you worse than
> what Colly and Chongan said happened to them. Mind
> you, I am even giving you
> benefit of the doubt and assuming here that what you
> said above is true. Are
> you telling me that these unsubstantiated
> allegations from you makes Chongan
> a worse monster than Singhateh and Yankuba Touray?
>
> Again, I beg Chongan NOT to dignify your irrational
> rattling with a shouting
> match with you. You will just bring in extraneous
> matters that have nothing
> to do with what we were talking about. You are
> desperately trying to paint
> me as a Jawara apologist. Your problem as usual, is
> that you CANNOT back up
> your wild accusations.
> KB
>
>
>
> >From: Ousainou Ngum <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: WHAT HAPPEN TO US AT RIP.
> >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:28:45 -0700
> >
> >KB:
> >
> > You give me a break, OK? What are you? Some
> lunatic.. or what...!?!?You
> >are the lying fool who is still peddling this
> chicanery to put my
> >credibility in doubt. I'm not gonna tell it all
> unless the senior lunatic
> >(Pa Chongan) challenges my charges against him.
> It's none of your concern,
> >stupid! I know he reads the L regularly and I'm
> sure he has seen my
> >challenges, let the man speak for himself. Again,
> you keep distorting the
> >my
> >statements. When in this whole discourse did I even
> mention about murder or
> >the '81 coup? Dude, I was still in my mom's arms,
> at the time. I can't even
> >recall the sound of gunfire during that rebellion.
> What paradigm in the
> >English lexicon best describes you? Please help me
> on that one.
> >
> > Again, you might be the hired spin doctor of the
> Jawara folks, but
> >there's
> >no way you can get around Pa Chongan's terrible
> past. The terror has left
> >indelible imprints on the memories of a number of
> Gambians and honest
> >people
> >know what I'm talking about. You are a worse
> hypocrite when you know who
> >this guy was and now start talking about the APRC
> should be our priority
> >for
> >now and things to that effect. What is that suppose
> to mean or, worse yet,
> >tell about who you are? The fact remains that he
> was a monster when he
> >wielded limited power. And you know what, I want
> you to cut it out until
> >this guy comes after me for the charges levelled
> against him. 'Til then you
> >take care and take some classes on honesty and
> integrity.
> >
> >Ous Ngum.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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