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Joe Sambou


>From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Fw: Norwegian-Gambian Suspected of Newspaper Arson
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:12:52 -0500
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>Norwegian-Gambian Suspected of Newspaper Arson
>
>http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article777565.ece
>
>A Gambian residing in Norway is among the suspects after the printing
>press of The Gambian newspaper, The Independent was set on fire by armed
>men.
>
>Inger Anne Olsen
>21. april 2004
>
>Released on bail
>
>In January the 38 year old man was brought in by The Gambian police,
>suspected of being involved in car smuggling to The Gambia. He was
>arrested again last week, this time suspected of setting fire to the
>printing press of The Gambian newspaper, The Independent.
>
>The man was released on bail just before the weekend. But press spokesman
>Aziz Bojang of The Gambian police confirmed to Aftenposten that The
>Norwegian-Gambian has not yet been cleared of suspicion in the case.
>
>The Independent is a bi-weekly and is highly critical of the government of
>President Yahya Jammeh. On the morning of Tuesday April 13th, a group of
>men stormed into the printing house, poured petrol on the printing machine
>and fired on it with pistols until it caught fire.
>
>“The staff was scared for their lives and just ran from the premises. No
>one has been able to give a clear description of the culprits,” Bojang
>said.
>
>Big cars and meagre income
>
>The Norwegian-Gambian is a well known person in his home country because,
>among other things, he drives a Mercedes sports car with his special
>nickname as number plate.
>
>One month ago the man was in conflict with The Independent. He pulled a
>gun during a quarrel over a disputed plot of land and was arrested for
>threatening behaviour. The Independent reported the story and referred to
>him as The Gambian “who is on holidays from Europe with a flare for a
>flamboyant lifestyle, spiced with luxurious cars”.
>
>In Norway, the man is listed with a net income of 200 crones. Aftenposten
>wrote in December about a ring that smuggles stolen cars from Norway to
>West Africa and Gambian police confirmed yesterday that the man is
>suspected of being involved in the racket, but so far he has not been
>charged with that.
>
>The man demanded a written apology to be printed in The Independent but
>was refused newspaper space.
>
>“We got our information from the police. There was nothing to indicate
>that what we wrote was incorrect”, Editor in Chief Abdoulie Sey, told
>Aftenposten.
>
>It was Sey who later tied the Norwegian-Gambian to the arson attack.
>
>“When I came to the office the day after the arson, I saw this man park
>close to the scene of the fire. When he saw me, he behaved in a suspicious
>manner, jumped into the car and sped off”, Editor in Chief Abdoulie Sey
>told Aftenposten.
>
>Aftenposten has been able to come into contact with the Norwegian-Gambian.
>
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