Folks, yet another reason why these criminals must go.  I hope that the said
Lang Conteh is not the same Lang Conteh that was my Senior at the Central
Bank.  If that is the case, then as a brother and friend, I urge Lang to
cease and desist from seizing Mr. Sowe's property.  These criminals are
about to be run out of town.  The last thing you want is to associate with
them.  They have blood in their hands and you do not want to be embroiled as
they are being prosecuted in a few months time.  Remember, all illegal
contracts entered into now, will be null and void when these murderers are
behind bars.  You are a decent individual and should stay away from these
misfits.  If you are not the Lang Conteh I knew, then my apologies and
disregard this message.  As for Yankuba Touray, your days are numbered and
no amount of crying will save your soul.  You will learn a hard lesson like
you pal Sabally, that crime does not pay.  If you do the crime, then you
MUST pay and then some.  See you in the cage, soon.

Chi Jaama

Joe sambou


>From: Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: FWD:IL Mondo Owner Cries Foul,              Accuses SoS Touray Of
>Highhandedness
>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:47:15 -0400
>
>Culled from The Point
>
>
>IL Mondo Owner Cries Foul, Accuses SoS Touray Of Highhandedness
>
>The proprietor of IL Mondo Bar and Restaurant which is situated at Fajara,
>Mr. Sowe, has accused the Secretary of State for Tourism, Yankuba Touray,
>of
>using his powers to re-allocate his place to one Lang Conteh of the Central
>Bank.
>
>In an interview, Mr. Sowe recounted that he was given the IL Mondo land by
>the Tourism Ministry in 1986. “I had invested all the capital I got from
>Europe constructing the structure. I also connected IL Mondo to the sewage
>and main water system and even built a sea-wall to save it from erosion. I
>planted 30 coconut trees and the overall expenses cost me over a million
>dalasis,” he lamented.
>
>Sowe said that he had rented IL Mondo to an Englishman called Brian Paul
>from 1989 to April 2001, when the Secretary of State for Tourism, Touray,
>wrote to Brian to leave. “On April 15, 2001, I saw an advert on Daily
>Observer that anybody interested in running a Beach Bar called IL Mondo can
>contact the Tourism Department,” he said, adding that “I was shocked and
>had
>to contact the Permanent Secretary, Bai Ousman Secka, since I was not
>informed about it.
>
>My Lawyer also wrote to the Department informing them that the place
>belongs
>to me.” Mr. Sowe told The Point that he had confronted Secretary Touray on
>the issue, who replied him that “IL Mondo is gone. I, myself, have a
>personal interest in IL Mondo. I will not give it to you. If you want land
>on the beach you can tell me. I am going to give it to my friend called
>Lang
>Conteh of the Central Bank.” “I then wrote a letter of appeal to the
>Secretary of State for Tourism (which he had shown to this reporter) but
>was
>yet to be replied to,” Mr Sowe narrated, describing how the Secy had gone
>ahead to close down the place and few days later, “the said Lang Kanteh,
>who
>asked my guards out, demolished the structures and began putting his.
>
>. Mr. Sowe, who looked perplexed, described the act as nasty, unfair and a
>manifestation of corruption of the highest standard. “IL Mondo was paying
>taxes and violated no laws. It is painful for someone to snatch everything
>that I have struggled to get. I am sure his Department officials are not
>aware of this highhandedness. It is Yankuba’s personal decision. But I am
>appealing to the government and patriotic Gambians including Human Rights
>activists to join me for the reversal of this criminal act. “I must follow
>the case up with the last breathe of my life,” he quipped. Frantic efforts
>were done by this reporter to get the version of Yankuba Touray or his
>permanent Secretary but to no avail. He was told after four attempts that
>the Tourism Secretary was out while his PS was attending meetings.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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