Kabir, as usual thanks for your services. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fw: Norwegian-Gambian Suspected of Newspaper Arson >Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:12:52 -0500 > >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. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~