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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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