‘Roger’ Khan’s case a reflection of Govt’s attitude to drug trafficking - PNCR

‘Roger’ Khan’s case a reflection of Govt’s attitude to drug trafficking – PNCR

May 13, 2008 News

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin says that the recent revelations coming out of the Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan drug case is a reflection of the Guyana Government over the past five years.

Corbin accused the Government of providing a healthy environment for drug lords to operate in Guyana.
The Opposition Leader was referring to recent information coming out of US court documents relating to the case against Guyanese businessman Roger Khan, who is indicted for trafficking cocaine into America.
According to the documents, Khan had confessed to being involved in assisting the Guyana Government to deal with the crime situation resulting from the 2003 Mash Day jailbreak.

US court judge Dora Irizarry had stated that: “By his own words, he was involved in organising various paramilitary groups. Whether it was government-sanctioned or not, quite frankly, the fact that he had access to troops that were allegedly trying to control the Government there, or control opposing parties, for whatever the reason, still means that he had access to people with weapons, people who were doing violence, people who were committing violent acts.”

Court documents also reveal that the prosecution against Khan intends to show that Khan ordered the deaths of two Guyanese to preserve his alleged drug trafficking empire.

Davenand Persaud and boxing coach Donald Allison were both gunned down under mysterious circumstances, and local Police had appeared to have no clue as to who was responsible for those killings.
Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo has said that the United States Government has not presented the Government of Guyana with any evidence regarding the allegations that Roger Khan may have ordered any murders or was involved in any murders.

“From what I gathered, the US attorneys are presenting their case; we do not have any information from the US Government supporting any of these utterances in the court,” said Jagdeo.

He noted that, as long as the Guyana Government is formally presented with the evidence linking Roger Khan to any murders in Guyana, the Police will launch an investigation into the validity of the information.
“If we have any details about how they came upon this evidence, or what evidence they have, then I think that the Police should follow it up to the conclusion.”

He emphasized, however, that Khan was not in Guyana’s jurisdiction, “but we have an obligation that, if presented with any information by the US Government about Roger Khan’s involvement in any criminal act, would be pursued by our law enforcement agency…That is my position.”

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, when asked what action will be taken in light of the reports, said that the Crime Chief and other senior Police officials should deal with the matter.

This newspaper tried to contact Crime Chief Seelall Persaud and Police Commissioner Henry Greene on what action is being taken in light of the revelations in the US court. Both officials were unavailable for comment.
Guyana, like many other countries, has an agreement with the US Government to share information with regards to drug trafficking.

However, there seems to be some reservations about the US Government sharing certain sensitive information with local authorities.

“How did the US people know all of this and the local Police don’t?” the Government source asked.
According to Opposition Leader Corbin, some time ago there were reports of persons he described as drug lords paying visits to Government officials by night.

This state of affairs, he said, led to a prominent local businessman closing his business and leaving Guyana for good.

“The DEA has given credibility to my statements,” Corbin said. He, too, echoed the statements by the US judge that Khan admitted to assisting the Government in the fight against crime.
“This has never been denied by the President or the Police,” Corbin told this newspaper. The Prosecution in the Khan drug case recently filed a motion in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, seeking to admit at trial evidence of Khan’s retaliation against Devenand Persaud, threats to Persaud and his family, seizing Persaud’s car, and ultimately ordering Persaud’s murder and the murder of Donald Allison.
Individuals in the cocaine industry in Guyana, including Khan, suspected that Persaud was cooperating with U.S. law enforcement, according to the prosecution in the United States.

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