PRESS STATEMENT – DECEMBER 12, 2002
GOVERNMENT IN PURSUIT OF STATE OF LAWLESSNESS
Recent events still unfolding after the chance discovery of a cache of arms at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara have had a chilling effect on the entire nation. Our worst fears and suspicions have been confirmed that there exist in Guyana death squads operating both within and without the ambit of the law enforcement agencies, and at the behest of the PPP/C regime.
The implications are too grave to be ignored and tell of a diabolical plot to hunt and exterminate not only criminals but also anyone showing opposition to the fascist regime calling itself the PPP/C.
It is necessary for the sake of clarity to set out in chronological order the facts as they present themselves while being aware at the same time that there may be a few missing pieces which members of the Guyana Defence
Force, the Guyana Police Force and some citizens and persons who are not members of either Security and Law
Enforcement agency may possess.
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On Wednesday 2002 December 4, at about 21:45hrs a GDF patrol in the area of Good Hope on the East
Coast intercepted a vehicle which appeared suspicious and, after searching the vehicle, discovered a veritable arsenal capable of launching and sustaining a small war. These weapons included: 2 modified
M-16 assault weapons with night vision capability, 1 Uzi sub-machine gun with silencer, 2 Gluk 9mm pistols, 1 twelve gauge shotgun, other small calibre weapons, bullet proof vests, helmets and other military issue equipment.
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Three men were discovered in the vehicle of whom one is a notorious member of the Black Clothes
Squad.
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A computer and other electronic gadgetry were also discovered along with digitised electronic maps and plans of Georgetown and certain targeted villages along the East Coast.
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The men, their vehicle and weapons of war were taken into custody.
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Searches were carried out at various other locations following which other items were seized.
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Bharrat Jagdeo, President and Commander-in-Chief and other members of the PPP/C hierarchy sought to influence the Police through coercion to secure the release of these men. The President even upbraided the army for taking decisive action when only last month at the passing out parade of the latest batch of Officers, he is quoted as saying that the use of the military in crime fighting activities was both legal and constitutional and would be continued. Jagdeo, as usual, was speaking from both sides of his mouth.
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On Monday 2002 December 9, the men were released by an order of Justice Jai Narine Singh after the
Police failed or refused to proffer charges against them. In the words of the Police: further investigations are continuing to see what action could be taken against the felons.
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The PNCR is appalled to witness this brazen attempt at a cover up. The laws of Guyana are unambiguous, the unauthorised possession of prohibited weapons and ammunition and military paraphernalia is a serious offence.
These series of events, when taken in totality, provide compelling evidence that there exists a programme of state sponsored terrorism, and planned genocide in Guyana.
Information in the possession of the PNCR is to the effect that the operations of the so-called Phantom Squad is sanctioned and coordinated by key members of the PPP/C working in collaboration with known drug barons and criminals. They have formed themselves into an axis of evil.
What is most disappointing is that information is emerging which suggests that the arrival of this computer into
Guyana and its known capabilities was made possible after a request was made by the Guyana government to the US administration for “technical assistance” in the fight against crime. The US government could not possibly have allowed advanced and security sensitive technology to be brought to Guyana unless there was an assurance given by someone within the regime that it would be utilized by the law enforcement agencies.
Therefore, to have this computer firmly in the hands of criminals and drug barons is to court danger both for security operations in Guyana and the United States. What may have been represented as a crime fighting initiative has been exposed as a plot to silence any form of dissent or opposition to this evil PPP/C regime.
The PNCR is overwhelmingly convinced, after analysing the information in our possession and the evidence discovered which determined the motives of the existing illegal squads, that the regime and its collaborating assassins have developed a diabolical plot which target leading members of the PNCR and other members of civil society. In short, the PPP/C and its cohorts have declared war on the PNCR and were hoping to make certain pre-emptive strikes.
As things stand the Jagdeo administration has been caught red-handed and will not be allowed to succeed. The
PNCR warns that it will not stand idly by should any attempt be made to harm any member of its executive, membership or friends of this Party: we will respond.
These actions unfortunately come at a time when the Social Partners, the Commonwealth Secretariat and other well-meaning groups and citizens have been working assiduously to forge peace and to foster a conducive atmosphere for dialogue to recommence. The PNCR can only conclude that the PPP/C is not interested in peaceful and prosperous co-existence but in dominance and subjugation through bloodshed.
The PNCR will not allow this matter to be covered up with the evidence disappearing, as in the case of Beast on the East Coast who had the cache of weapons returned and every effort to prosecute him frustrated.
Our Party trust that the Guyana Police Force will be professional and be true to its motto of providing protection and service to all the people of Guyana. We trust that the Guyana Defence Force will maintain its tradition of professionalism since its leadership cannot fail to appreciate the national security implications of this situation.
We expect the United States and other foreign governments will take note of the evidence of planned genocide in Guyana.
We urge our members and supporters to remain focused, vigilant and mobilised.
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PRESS RELEASE – DECEMBER 13, 2002
The People’s National Congress Reform is not amused at the charade which is being played out in connection with the five (5) men who had been taken into custody by the Police after an Army patrol on the night of
Wednesday December 4, 2002, intercepted a bullet proof vehicle on the East Coast of Demerara in which was discovered an arsenal of weaponry (including military type assault weapons, some fitted with night vision telescopic sights), Uzi sub-machine guns, assorted ammunition, silencers, and also bullet proof vests and a laptop computer cum scanner capable of intercepting both land and cellular telephone calls.
That these men were released and not charged as yet must certainly rank as the scandal of the year. The acting
Commissioner of Police is yet to explain to the Guyanese public why these men are still at large and why he continues to be in gross dereliction of his duty to prosecute them. PNCR understands that the acting
Commissioner has applied for an extension of his tenure for another six (6) months from January 1, 2003 and that the PPP/C regime, ridiculously enough, has indicated an intention to grant it. We hope there is no connection between these two matters.
The PPP/C regime is clearly embarrassed by the discovery of this illegal arms cache, since many questions, so far unanswered, have arisen and there are serious implications of a government involvement in the matter. The regime appears therefore to have mounted a desperate campaign to cover up this crime and prevent the prosecution of the persons involved.
We dismiss with contempt the explanation leaked in today’s Stabroek News (Friday December 13, 2002) that the Commissioner of Police is waiting for the Army ranks who intercepted some of the men and discovered the arms cache and also certain Police Officers ‘ to refine their statements
’. This is utter rubbish. We hope that the
Chief of Staff and the Guyana Defence Force, who have so far acted honourably and professionally in the national interest, pursuant to their oath of loyalty to the Constitution and to the nation, would not allow itself to become tainted by this scandal.
PNCR does not intend to stand idly by and allow the PPP/C regime to cover up this crime which has such grave implications for the rule of law, the safety of citizens and national security. We therefore call upon the acting
Commissioner of Police to be mindful of his oath of office. He must show sufficient backbone and professional integrity to discharge his statutory and constitutional responsibility without fear or favour and have the men charged in accordance with the advice given by the lawyers in the DPP Chambers, which advice he has chosen so far to ignore. The credibility of the Guyana Police Force is already in tatters. If any shred of the remaining credibility is to be saved the acting Commissioner of Police must discharge his duty immediately and not yield to political pressures.
PRESS STATEMENT – DECEMBER 12, 2002
THE GREAT “PHANTOM SQUAD”SCANDAL
It has now been over two weeks since the arrest of the several felons found in the armoured vehicle, armed to the teeth with up-to-date prohibited weapons and other military equipment, as well as sophisticated and specialised computer and other electronic gadgetry.
These persons have not been prosecuted despite the public cries of outrage from all thinking and responsible quarters of the society. It is mind-boggling that the authorities claim that they still cannot determine one single charge to bring against these men.
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The PNCR is reliably informed that the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions promptly rendered their advice on this matter. They were firmly of the opinion that a range of charges should be laid. The PNCR is also reliably informed that there has been tremendous political interference and pressure brought to bear on the hierarchy of the Guyana Police Force not to prosecute these men. The instruction handed down from Freedom
House and the Office of the President simultaneously is that under no circumstances should the men be charged.
Constable Belfield has claimed in sworn affidavits that he was at the time of his apprehension on a “special assignment”.
We ask the questions that are on the lips of every citizen:
 Whose “special assignment” was the infamous Constable Benfield of the Black Clothes on?
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Why was the arsenal of up-to-date prohibited weapons and sophisticated specialised illegal equipment utilized?
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Who or what was the intended target for this lethally armed and specially equipped squad?
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Why was it necessary to link with known felons like Shaheed Khan a.k.a Roger Khan and the
“Contractor” to carry out this assignment?
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Why has the Guyana Police Force, which is the constitutional authority responsible for law enforcement, not acknowledged that they authorised and conducted special assignments such as that which it is claimed were being conducted?
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Why has not a single charge been laid against any of those arrested to date?
THE SPY COMPUTER
The PNCR reiterates its claims that the hi-tech computer was obtained from the United States of America as a result of Government-to-Government request. We support our claim by stating that the manufacturer has been identified and the specifications obtained. The system can, among other things, “target specific numbers or randomly screen GSM mobile communication. Conversations are monitored and logged simultaneously to voice and data logger for storage and retrieval”.
This computer could not have been bought at a price of
US$450,000 without the approval of both the Governments of Guyana and the United States. We quote from the manufacturer’s user requirement to this effect, “We may sell the unit only if you represent a government or law enforcement agency or are selling to a government or law enforcement agency in your country…We will
100% verify it and also require a letter certifying that.”
The effect of the above statement is that the computer could not have been bought without the approval of the
PPP/C Government of Guyana. Therefore, Dr. Luncheon was being less than truthful when he swore that the
Government has no knowledge of this computer.
The Commissioner of Police (Ag.) may have been honest when he said, in answer to a Journalist’s question recently, that the Guyana Police Force is not engaged in the unlawful and unconstitutional activity of phone tapping and interception.
MR. SHAHEED KHAN A.KA. ROGER KHAN and “THE CONTRACTOR”
Available and confirmed information indicate that the person calling himself Shaheed Khan has a chequered past. He is said to reside in Guyana in the Bel Air/New Haven area. He claims to operate two companies in
Guyana: Dream Works Development Inc. and Classic Developers & Contractors. In Affidavits in support of the
Habeas Corpus application to spring him from detention it was attested that he is the managing director of these companies and is a building contractor.
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The PNCR is in possession of documentation which show that in 2002 September Mr. Khan swore to a declaration that the Companies Dream Works Development and Classic Developers & Contractors ceased to exist as they carried on no business whatsoever. He requested that these companies be exempt from payment of taxes. Yet, in 2002 December, Mr. Khan is using his status as a director of those very companies to have himself released from lawful custody. Mr. Khan has obviously perjured himself.
It has also been confirmed that Mr. Khan is wanted in the United States for crimes involving prohibited weapons. Let us see whether he too will claim to be on “special assignment” as a defence. In any event the
PNCR and the people of Guyana expect that he will be charged and prosecuted in a court of law in Guyana.
The hierarchy of the Guyana Police Force should be ashamed of themselves. They seem to be squandering whatever remains of their credibility by not pressing charges against these men, using the strange excuse of
“refining” the statements of the GDF ranks.
Over the past weeks the media has reported several instances of persons apprehended with illegal firearms and ammunition. They have all been charged and placed before the Courts. This should be the norm in any country where the Rule of Law is supposed to be supreme. We call on the remaining decent, professional and conscientious members of the GPF to be faithful to their constitutional mandate and reassert their authority under the Laws of Guyana.
PRESS STATEMENT – APRIL 6, 2006
WHITHER OUR SECURITY
It is now a notorious fact that, on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - the same day that the Joint Parliamentary
Opposition hosted its public forum under the theme
“Unity for Security-Stand Up Against Crime and
Violence”
- the Guyana Police Force issued wanted bulletins for four men, namely Shaheed Khan also known as Roger Khan, Gerald Pereira, Paul Rodrigues and Ricardo Rodrigues . What is not as well known is the fact that these four men are all wanted for questioning in connection with investigations into the discovery of guns, ammunition, drugs and other illegal items in houses owned or occupied by them. The Police investigations may lead to serious criminal charges being preferred against some or all of these men.
According to our legal advisors, the issuing of the Wanted Bulletins is lawful. However, what has unfolded since is a legal challenge that the issuing of the four Wanted Bulletins is unlawful. This has opened an amazing and far reaching window in the annals of our legal history. It also represents the most brazen and presumptuous attempts by criminal elements to thwart and obstruct the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force in their efforts to carry out their constitutional mandates.
In our Press Statement of Tuesday, March 21, 2006 we informed the Guyanese people that our intelligence had revealed that the distribution and airing of the now infamous tape was nothing more than a nefarious plot, by certain elements of the PPP/C and associated criminal interests, to undermine the Guyana Police Force and its
Commissioner, at a time when the GPF had finally begun to take positive action against organized crime. We all know that this ploy did not work. Now comes Act 2 of the plot in the form of television and one page newspapers advertisements containing cries of purity, veiled threats and suggestions that the Commissioner of
Police is carrying out a personal vendetta against certain persons.
Even more bizarre than the tape and the advertisements is the deafening silence by the Jagdeo Government. It has taken President Jagdeo 15 days, after the airing of the tape (20th March to 3rd April, 2006) to comment on this unprecedented act. It is nothing short of surreal that the President’s comment included the following, “I
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have not asked the Commissioner to resign at this point of time” . We await President Jagdeo’s comment on the advertisements placed in the media by Mr Roger Khan.
The PNCR calls on all law abiding Guyanese to continue to support both the Guyana Police Force and the
Guyana Defence Force in all of their lawful activities. The PNCR has never been slow to criticize the Guyana
Police Force or the Guyana Defence Force whenever they step outside of their constitutional and lawful mandate. We, however, wish to state that we support them fully in their present efforts to bring crime under control and we urge them to let no one or no grouping divert them from their tasks. We call on the Jagdeo
Government to join the PNCR and all other law abiding citizens and stand behind the Commissioner of Police and the Chief of Staff.
Let us together send this strong, united and unequivocal message to the criminal elements in Guyana.
Thus Far and No Further!
MEDIA RESPONSIBILITY
The recent publication in several newspapers of a personal ad signed by Mr. Shaheed Roger Khan, who is presently wanted by the Guyana Police Force for questioning in connection with suspected illegal acts, highlights a disturbing and dangerous development in editorial policy in the national media. In the current campaign by the police and army to remove the scourge of drug-trafficking and other criminal enterprises in
Guyana, some media houses (both print and TV) have clearly exercised poor judgment in what they publish or, far worse, have decided to throw their lot in with those whom the police and the US State Department deem as criminal suspects.
That wanted criminal suspects are mounting a public relations campaign to justify their actions is in itself a development of dire implications for our fragile society. That several media houses are allowing themselves to be used for, or are actively facilitating, this campaign takes this matter to a higher level of moral and social degeneracy. Specifically, some media houses have been guilty of publicizing private telephone conversations; publishing personal ads by wanted suspects; providing space for attacks on the joint services; and peddling biased headlines and captions. So, for example, on page 3 of the Kaieteur News, of Wednesday, April 52006, the caption reads
“Judge orders GDF to explain illegal joint operations”.
Who determined that these raids were “illegal”? The Kaieteur News should move quickly to dispel the perception, in the minds of the public, that this caption and its other recent editorial misadventures are not examples of a serious loss of decency at the newspaper.
The Kaieteur News is, of course, not the only culpable media house in this recent plunge into social decadence.
We need to mention here also NTN Television, where they seem to believe that the airing of secretly-taped telephone conversations is the best use they can make of the publicly-owned broadcast frequency allocated to them. We must commend those news houses that have exercised better judgment in these challenging times.
Where is the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting in all this? We raise this question, not because we are convinced that they are morally equipped to address this issue. They are not. However, we raise the question to expose the political prejudice, ambivalence and hypocrisy in their operations. While they regularly target stations deemed to be anti-PPP, they display the guts of a spineless stooge when it comes to the intransigencies of the State-owned media and those private media outlets aligned to the PPP/C.
The PNCR condemns these recent developments in the media. In a society already battered by poverty, crime, and poor moral standards, to allow criminals and suspected criminals the media space to openly wage a PR campaign against the constitutionally mandated security forces and their officers is a further outrage the
Guyanese people should not and must not tolerate.
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For the Jagdeo Government’s part, it must answer the question for the benefit of the Guyanese people: whose side is it on?
PRESS STATEMENT – JUNE 22, 2006
THE SURINAMESE APPREHENSION OF THE FUGITIVE ROGER KHAN
The recent capture of fugitive “crime boss”, Roger Khan, by the Surinamese Police is a significantly positive development for the local crime and security situation. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Winston Felix, and the
Guyana Police Force must be commended for the role they played in ferreting out this drug kingpin from his lair and herding him into the clutches of the Surinamese Police.
The PNCR has noted, with concern, the statement by Suriname’s Justice Minister that Roger Khan was plotting the assassination of Surinamese Government Ministers, as part of his nefarious drug activities. This clearly establishes that this criminal would stop at nothing to further his criminal objectives. These revelations also bring into sharp focus the recent murder of the late Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Satyadeow Sawh.
It is an established fact that Minister Sawh was the subject Minister who refused to sign Khan’s lease despite the fact that the Guyana Forestry Commission had already approved the lease. It is now established that reprisals against Mr. Satyadeow Sawh, a sitting Minister of the Guyana Government, was not beyond the local crime bosses.
The recent public admission by Roger Khan, that he organised and promoted mass killings, is another confirmation of his willingness to commit murder in the promotion of his criminal objectives. The PNCR does not accept assertions that Khan was involved in any anti-crime effort. The fact is that Khan, with the approval and active support of the PPP/C Government, was involved in an effort to protect his criminal turf and eliminate anyone that was perceived to be a threat to his criminal activities. In the process, scores of persons, who were not connected to crime in anyway, were brutally murdered.
The PNCR wishes to reiterate its concern over Khan’s recent efforts, to continue to mobilize ex-military personnel, to form a private army. These efforts, coupled with the theft of the AK 47’s and the recent acts of terror on residents of the East Coast, committed by persons connected to narco-enterprise, have grave implications for national stability. The fact that the Bharrat Jagdeo Government established and maintained relationships with Khan is, by itself, an indication of the criminal nature of the Government and the extent to which they are prepared to put the citizenry at risk.
It is a fact that, in addition to his narco activities, Khan is involved in gun smuggling. Most of these illegal guns are now in the hands of criminals and are being used to rob and murder Guyanese. The support which the
PPP/C gave to Khan allowed for the proliferation of these guns which are now being used against the people of
Guyana.
The PNCR again calls on the PPP/C to explain its relationship with Roger Khan. The PNCR also calls on the
PPP/C to unequivocally condemn crime. Further, the PNCR believes that, given the seriousness of the Roger
Khan episode and the extent of the PPP/C involvement in promoting and supporting Khan’s activities, President
Bharrat Jagdeo and his Government should have the decency to resign.
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PRESS STATEMENT – JULY 13, 2006
DRUGS AND THE PPP/C
The People’s National Congress Reform has noted with great interest the response of the Bharrat Jagdeo
Government towards the fall of Roger Khan. The total lack of enthusiasm for the capture of Khan by the
Surinamese authorities and his subsequent arrest by US authorities after expulsion from Suriname is a clear indication of the approach of the Bharrat Jagdeo Government towards crime and criminals.
The United States and Surinamese Governments and the Guyana Police Force have all deemed Khan a menace to society. This is based not only on his alleged involvement in the narco trade but also because of his reportedly deep involvement in the smuggling of guns which have led to an astronomical increase in gun crimes over the last few years. As a result, it would be expected that any decent Government would be highly pleased by the capture and arraignment of Roger Khan. However, it is sad to say that this does not appear to be the case with the Jagdeo Government.
In the first instance, Dr. Roger Luncheon attempted to undermine the Surinamese Government’s allegations by proclaiming that there is no strong case against Khan in Guyana. This no doubt was intended to cast Khan in the realm of a legitimate business man who was arrested by the Surinamese.
The subsequent condemnation of the United States by Mrs. Jagan, for its arrest of Khan, compounds Dr.
Luncheon’s very strange, earlier pronouncements. Mrs. Jagan’s protestations cannot be because of the PPP/C’s belief in due process. It is the same PPP/C Government that abandoned due process and commissioned the death squads that were responsible for the brutal murder of hundreds of Guyanese. Therefore, Mrs. Jagan’s outburst must be seen as an indication of the close links between the PPP/C and Khan.
The PNCR takes this opportunity to condemn the association between Roger Khan and the PPP/C Government.
The PNCR believes that this association allowed the proliferation of illegal guns in the society that in turn spawned a brutal crime wave that resulted in the murder of scores of Guyanese. The PPP/C is directly responsible for these deaths since it facilitated the illegal importation of the guns that were used.
The PNCR has noted the recent comments by US Ambassador, Mr. Roland Bullen, which confirms PNCR’s assertions that the drug trade is now endemic in our society. This statement is a serious indictment of the
Bharrat Jagdeo Government. It is known that senior members of the Government have serious links with drug barons.
The PNCR believes that the arrest of Roger Khan has not destroyed the drug empire in Guyana. There are numbers of persons waiting to fill the vacuum and, with a government that is compliant, this would quickly materialize. This would lead to a resurgence of the drugs and gun trade and subsequent escalation of violent crimes. This cannot be allowed to happen.
The coming elections are therefore an opportunity for the Guyanese people to rid themselves of the criminal
PPP/C Government. The PNCR wishes to advise Guyanese that in the coming elections a vote for the PPP/C would be a vote for the Drug Empire and gun smuggling that would result in the escalation of violent gun crimes and murder.
The PNCR takes this opportunity to commit its government to zero tolerance on drugs and gun smuggling. The new PNCR led Government will give total and unreserved support to the Guyana Police Force so as to ensure the total destruction of the organised drug trade in Guyana. The PNCR promises major revelation and indictments within its first one hundred days in Office.
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The PNCR understands that the drug trade and the consequential criminal activities undermine our investment climate. It directly affects our ability to attract serious investments that would create jobs for our young people.
In the interest of our young people, the PNCR led Government will do all that is necessary to ensure that the drug trade and crime do not undermine our investment climate.
PRESS STATEMENT – MAY 23, 2008
PPP/C MUST COME CLEAN ABOUT ROGER KHAN
The findings, in the trial of Roger Khan, have again dramatised the fact that the PPP/C Administration could not have been unaware of his extensive narco related activities.
The American Government has now revealed that the organisation, headed by Roger Khan, had, not only exported cocaine to that country, but was responsible for the deaths of over two hundred (200) individuals. It was, as a result of these findings that the Leader of the PNCR, Mr. Robert Corbin, has again called for an independent inquiry into the death squads in Guyana.
The response of the PPP has been to deny all knowledge of Roger Khan and his activities. The evidence, however, points in the opposite direction.
When Roger Khan was arrested in Suriname, in 2006, the Suriname Minister of Justice and Police,
Chanrikapersad Santokhi, revealed that Suriname had exchanged information about Roger Khan with the
Government of Guyana.
The Party wishes to quote Roger Khan himself, before he became a custodian of the penal system of the United
States:
“During the crime spree in 2002 I worked closely with the crime-fighting sections of the Guyana
Police Force and provided them with assistance and information at my own expense. My participation was
instrumental in curbing crime during this period”.
Any normal person would ask how it is possible for an individual to carry out major activities with the Police force of a country and the government not know that this was taking place.
Indeed, when Roger Khan was arrested, at Good Hope in 2002, one of the men who were arrested along with him was a serving policeman. The computer which was in the possession of Roger Khan, at that time, was one which could only be purchased by a Government. The evidence is clear that, not only did the Jagdeo
Administration know of Roger Khan, but also aided and abetted his nefarious activities.
PRESS STATEMENT – MAY 30, 2008
JAGDEO REGIME MUST HAVE KNOWN ABOUT ROGER KHAN
At its last Press Conference the PNCR contended that the Jagdeo regime must have been aware of the existence and the activities of Roger Khan, because he himself admitted that he worked with elements of the police force and was able to purchase a computer which could only be bought by governments.
The Party wishes to take this matter further, especially in view of the revelations, emerging from the United
States Government, that Khan headed a gang that might have been responsible for the deaths of over two hundred (200) Guyanese.
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It would be appropriate to recall that, the America International Control Strategy Report , in 2005, labeled
Roger Khan “a known drug trafficker”.
This may or may not have provided the green light for the Disciplined
Forces to go after him, primarily in search of the thirty (30) AK 47 rifles which had gone missing from the GDF compound.
The following business, which according to the Guyana Review, of July 2006, owned by Roger Khan, were searched:
 a private villa in the exclusive D’Aguiar’s Park;
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Dreamworks Housing Development in Garnett Street, Kitty;
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Avalanche Night Club, Sherriff Street, Campbellville;
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Blue Iguana Night Club, Light Street, Alberttown;
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La Familia Country Club, High Palm Road, Ruimveldt;
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Reef Night Club, Station Street, Kitty;
 Master’s Touch Carpet Cleaners, Second Street, Bel Air; and
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Kaow Island in the Essequibo River.
The raids on Khan’s businesses were clearly frowned on by the Jagdeo regime and, when he struck back by taping the then Commissioner of Police, Winston Felix, the Jagdeo regime took the opportunity to force Felix out.
The PNCR also believes that it is good to recall that when Khan fled to Suriname and was arrested, the Minister of Justice of the Government of Suriname said that Khan had been under surveillance by the Surinamese authorities for more that two (2) years and this served as the basis for the decision to arrest him for trafficking in narcotics.
The Party is convinced that such information must have been shared with other CARICOM states and the
Guyanese government. It is also appropriate to note that when Khan was apprehended, the then Minister of
Home Affairs, Gail Teixeira, said that the government had no interest in seeking Khan’s extradition to Guyana.
To all these developments, the PNCR can add the rather interesting situation after the Lusignan massacres when several placards demanding the return of Roger Khan greeted Bharrat Jagdeo when he visited that village. His response, which was widely reported, was that one man could not solve the crime situation, a very revealing remark.
All things considered, the PNCR believes, beyond a shadow of a doubt that for the President of Guyana to ask the United States for information about the activities of Roger Khan, when there is a mountain of evidence to suggest that the President and his cohorts knew of his existence and his activities is mere hypocrisy.
PRESS STATEMENT – JUNE 12, 2008
JAGDEO REGIME DENIAL OF GRANTING PERMISSION FOR ROGER KHAN TO IMPORT SPY
EQUIPMENT NOT CREDIBLE
When Roger Khan was arrested, along with Haroon Yahyah and Sean Benfield, a serving policeman at the time, by the GDF, at Good Hope on the East Coast in December 2002, he was found with a laptop computer which was capable of recording telephone conversations.
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The Leader of the PNCR, at the time, Mr. Hugh Desmond Hoyte, had taken the trouble of researching the means by which such a sophisticated piece of equipment could be imported into Guyana. It was then discovered that, this equipment could not be purchased by an individual but only by a Government.
When confronted with this fact, the Jagdeo regime denied knowledge of the computer and informed the public that the laptop computer had been handed over to the Police, in the wake of the freeing of Roger Khan, after the
Magistrate, here in Guyana, found him and his gang not guilty of the charges preferred against him.
The revelations, in the pre-trial hearing, in the Eastern District of New York, continues to undermine the credibility and veracity of the Jagdeo PPP Administration, which is protesting that they had no knowledge of
Roger Khan’s narco-trafficking activities or the laptop computer he was found with at Good Hope in 2002.
One of the defence lawyers for Roger Khan, Mr. Roger M. Simels, in a subpoena, dated 28 April 2008, stated that, following Khan’s arrest,
“FBI agent, Justin Krider, investigated Khan’s purchase of the computer telephonic surveillance equipment from the Spy Shop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and found Khan had
permission from the Government of Guyana to purchase and possess this equipment.”
The PNCR never had any doubt that the Jagdeo regime had a hand in helping Roger Khan to purchase the equipment in question. The statement, by Khan’s defence counsel, provides independent conformation of what the Party has long known.
The PNCR, and no doubt the Guyanese public, has taken note of the fact that, the usually all knowing Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Clement Rohee, bolstered by the statement by the General Secretary of the PPP, Mr.
Donald Ramotar, has denied that Government of Guyana permission was given to Khan. However, given the fact that Mr. Clement Rohee has been previously repudiated and rebuked by the Office of the President, we await an unambiguous statement on this matter from New Garden Street, after they have had the opportunity to check their records and statements in 2002.
In any case, the facts which have emerged, from the pre-trial hearing of Roger Khan for several drug related offenses, only strengthens the case for an Independent Inquiry into the Phantom Squad which, the American evidence has acknowledged, had been responsible for the deaths of over two hundred(200) of our citizens, under the leadership of Roger Khan.
PRESS STATEMENT – JULY 4, 2008
THE JAGDEO ADMINISTRATION HAS CONFESSED TO KNOWING ROGER KHAN
The PNCR is a political party which has been in existence for more than 50 years, Therefore, we can quickly spot any effort at political distraction and diversion. In recent times, the Jagdeo Administration has been beating the drum about missing guns in the 70s and threatening to expose politicians who have allegedly consorted with criminals at Buxton.
In the latter case, President Jagdeo has threatened to make the video recordings available to the public. He argues, however, that he is afraid that if he does so he would give away his “informers.” Evidently, it has not occurred to President Jagdeo that, even in revealing that he got information from informers in Buxton, he has already blown their cover. But that is a matter for President Jagdeo and his informers.
The PNCR is convinced that the issues, referred to above, are nothing but a barely concealed attempt to cover up further evidence that the Jagdeo Administration has been in bed with Roger Khan.
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The Guyanese public will remember that, in a newscast approximately a fortnight ago, Capitol News was able to produce evidence that President Jagdeo himself had signed the documents allowing Roger Khan to purchase land on the West Coast of Demerara. Faced with this situation, the Jagdeo Administration’s principal spin master, Dr. Roger Luncheon, who had previously denied all knowledge or association with Roger Khan, admitted that he was known to the Government in a business capacity.
It passes all understanding that Roger Khan would be known, in his business capacity, and suddenly become unknown in his criminal capacity. The PNCR finds it strange that the Jagdeo Administration seems blind to the dangers that it is facing. It is not any local political party or organisation that is bringing evidence to light, of the relationship between the Jagdeo Administration and Roger Khan. It is the United States Government.
If a case can be made, and the PNCR believes that it will be made, that Roger Khan enjoyed a cosseted relationship with the Jagdeo Administration, then there is bound to be far reaching consequences for this
Administration, from the United States Government and the rest of the international community.
PRESS STATEMENT – SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
REVELATIONS IN KHAN CASE CONFIRMS PNCR’S POSITION
The PNCR has followed recent reports that the lawyer representing Roger Khan has been arrested for allegedly planning the elimination and the neutralising of key witnesses in the case against Khan. What is indeed alarming and what has been made clear in the excerpts in the court documents, is that the
“phantom squad”, on the orders of Roger Khan, was supposed to carry out this exercise. Indeed, here is confirmation that Khan is the head of the “phantom squad” which every Guyanese knows operates both in and out of Guyana. These revelations have confirmed what the PNCR has been saying all along, that is, Khan has used
“phantom squads”
to carry out his biddings and the activities of his criminal enterprise.
These revelations are all the more important because Khan has admitted a relationship with the Jagdeo
Administration. In statements he made before his arrest in Suriname, Khan boasted that he had been engaged in crime fighting activities to support and protect the Jagdeo Administration. On the basis of the foregoing evidence such crime fighting activities had to be done by the
“phantom squad.”
Its stands to reason therefore that Jagdeo and his cohorts cannot pretend to be unaware of what Roger Khan and his criminals were doing.
The bombshell revelation of today are a further indication that as the pre-trial and actual trial take place it will emerge with even greater clarity that the Jagdeo Administration was in bed with Roger Khan, his “phantom squad”
and the drug cartels.
The PNCR believes, that based on the confirmation by the US courts that Khan was head of the “phantom squad”
which operated in Guyana, the Commissioner of Police and other law enforcement agencies must immediately begin an investigation into the extra-judicial killings of more than three hundred (300) Guyanese citizens between 2002 and 2004 by the Roger Khan criminal enterprise.
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PRESS STATEMENT – MARCH 26, 2009
INQUIRY INTO ROGER KHAN’S CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE MUST BE HELD
The Jagdeo Administration has responsibility for all of the activities within the boundaries of the Republic of
Guyana. Yet, its officials would have this nation believe that they know nothing of Roger Khan’s activities.
These activities were quite substantial and had the support of the Jagdeo Administration.
Roger Khan was arrested, by the security forces, with specialised spy equipment and arms, including a computer which he could only obtain on the authority of the Administration. On that occasion, Khan and his gang were arrested and brought before the courts. In addition, he was awarded contracts by the Administration and the President himself signed the relevant order for him to acquire land.
Khan himself publicly stated, in a paid advertisement in 2006, that he worked along with the security forces, allegedly, to curb crime and protect the Government. It is not possible for Khan’s activities in Guyana not to be known to the top officials of the PPP Jagdeo Administration, in particular President Jagdeo and Dr. Luncheon, both of whom sit at the very apex of the security system.
The denial of knowledge of Roger Khan is bad enough. What the Jagdeo Administration is actively seeking to avoid is the implications of statements in court documents, during the preliminary trial of Roger Khan. One of those statements, point to the fact that Khan was head of the
“phantom gang”
which killed over 200 people in
Guyana.
Several years ago the PNCR had demanded that there be a Commission of Inquiry into the existence of the
“phantom gang”.
This was rejected by President Jagdeo. Instead, he appointed a Commission of Inquiry to determine whether the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Ronald Gajraj, was involved with the “phantom gangs”.
Now that the US court documents have proven that Khan was head of such a gang.
The Administration has claimed that the spy computer, which was seized by the security forces, and acknowledged by Dr Luncheon, is still in the possession of the Commissioner of Police. The PNCR, therefore, finds it ludicrous that the President is now urging the Commissioner of Police to launch an immediate investigation into these allegations to determine which citizens or public officials were involved.
The PNCR reiterates its position that an independent and impartial Commission of Inquiry must now be launched into the criminal enterprise headed by Roger Khan which was responsible for the deaths of more than
200 Guyanese.
PRESS STATEMENT – APRIL 2, 2009
AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO ROGER KHAN’S CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IS URGENT
There is now sufficient evidence, in the public domain, for the Jagdeo Administration to immediately launch a comprehensive, independent and impartial public Inquiry into the criminal enterprise of Roger Khan, which, among other consequences, led to the deaths of more than 200 Guyanese.
Roger Khan and members of his gang were apprehended at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara, in
December of 2002, with weapons and the now infamous
“spy computer”.
It is now clearly established that this equipment could only have been bought by a Government.
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Roger Khan’s attorney, Robert Simels, has asserted that the Guyana Government gave Khan permission to purchase this computer, rendering hollow and unconvincing the claims by the Jagdeo Administration that it has not done so. This computer was found in the office of Simels when it was raided by agents of the United States
Government. The Jagdeo Administration, however, claims that the computer is still in the possession of the
Commissioner of Police.
The Inquiry must also determine if the Guyana Government or the United States Government has the right computer and should bring closure to the gory period in our history, between 2002 and 2004.
Roger Khan has pleaded guilty, in effect, to heading a criminal enterprise which was responsible for the deaths of over 200 Guyanese citizens. The deaths of so many young men must not go in vain.
The PNCR calls on the Jagdeo Administration and the Commissioner of Police to explain publicly why an investigation into Khan’s criminal enterprise has not yet been launched, despite all of the publicly available information on his activities in Guyana. Who were the public and private officials and entities responsible for supporting Khan’s criminal network in Guyana?
It is ingenuous of the Jagdeo Administration to seek to give the impression that the question of determining the whereabouts of the actual
“spy computer”
is solely the responsibility of the Commissioner of Police. The
Jagdeo Administration has a direct responsibility in this matter.
The PNCR believes that the Commissioner of Police must be given the latitude for a thorough investigation.
However, the Party recalls that, when the previous Commissioner of Police, Mr. Winston Felix, decided to take on the drug traffickers in our midst, the Jagdeo Administration did not scruple to place obstacles in his way and connive at his departure from office.
The Party calls on all those who have lost loved ones, as a result of Khan’s criminal enterprise, to immediately come forward with whatever information and facts they may possess which can help with the Inquiry.
It is critical that action be taken, not only to understand what happened during the period in question, but also to ensure that there is no repetition. The nation can ill afford the adverse effects and consequences of another criminal enterprise, which is fuelled by the criminal underground and drug trafficking.
PRESS STATEMENT – APRIL 24, 2009
JAGDEO ADMINISTRATION MUST HOLD AN IMPARTIAL INQUIRY INTO THE CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE OF ROGER KHAN
If there is any doubt that Dr. Roger Luncheon lives in a parallel universe, his recent statement on the Roger
Khan issue has laid that to rest. Maybe, it is because of his habitation of this parallel universe that Dr. Roger
Luncheon is given to making some of the most zany of statements. The latest of these is in relation to Roger
Khan.
At his last Press Conference, Dr. Luncheon pronounced that no local probe would be held into Roger Khan’s criminal activities unless
“conclusive evidence”
of illegality is provided.
The PNCR contends that conclusive evidence exists and is already in the public domain. Court records, from
Khan’s preliminary hearing into charges made against him for trafficking in cocaine to the United States, have detailed the criminal and illegal activities of Roger Khan. Indeed, in these records the American courts have
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alleged that Khan was responsible for the deaths of Donald Allison and Dave Persaud. The court documents in fact named Khan as head of a
“paramilitary squad that would murder, threaten and intimidate”
other
Guyanese citizens. They underscored that Khan was responsible for “at least 200 extra-judicial killings” in
Guyana between 2002 and 2006.
It is the confirmed belief of the PNCR that more than sufficient evidence have existed for some time for the
Commissioner of Police to have ordered criminal investigations into the activities of Roger Khan in Guyana.
The PNCR is concerned that this investigation has not been undertaken as yet. Every indication suggest that the
Jagdeo Administration is doing its best to frustrate such an investigation, by making intimidating statements of the kind made by Dr. Roger Luncheon at his last Press Conference.
This is not the first occasion on which the Jagdeo Administration has frustrated efforts to hold Roger Khan accountable for his crimes. Guyanese will readily remember that, when the previous Commissioner of Police,
Mr. Winston Felix, decided to put an end to Khan’s criminal activities he was hounded from office and sent into retirement.
The Party understands why the Jagdeo Administration is afraid of such an investigation. The simple reason lies in the fact that the very court records specify that at least two Ministers, one former and one current, of the
Jagdeo Administration, have had close contacts with Roger Khan. The PNCR must infer, from this revelation, that other members of the Administration, possibly at the highest level, had similar contacts with Roger Khan.
Given the foregoing facts, the PNCR restates its position that an independent and impartial Commission of
Inquiry must now be launched, into the criminal enterprise headed by Roger Khan, which was responsible for the deaths of more than 200 Guyanese.
PRESS STATEMENT – JUNE 5, 2009
AN INVESTIGATION INTO ROGER KHAN’S CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE CAN NO LONGER BE
DELAYED
The Government and the courts of the United States have determined that Roger Khan was involved in the narco trade in Guyana and was head of a criminal enterprise in this country. This can no longer be denied. The only thing left to be determined is the nature and extent of the involvement of the Jagdeo Administration.
The evidence that has emerged from the court hearings, the information provided by American Government sources, and the revelations by Khan’s lawyers point to the supportive involvement of the Jagdeo
Administration. In fact, what now seems beyond dispute is that there was a long association between Roger
Khan and the Jagdeo Administration. The facts are irrefutable.
After Roger Khan fled the Unites States, he returned to Guyana and was classified as a
“businessman”
. He was awarded Government contracts and purchased land which was approved by the Jagdeo Administration. Yet, Dr.
Luncheon and President Jagdeo, on different occasions, claimed that they did not know Roger Khan. This strains credulity.
The involvement of the Jagdeo Administration with Khan became clear when Khan was arrested with weapons and the ‘spy’ computer at Good Hope, on 4 December 2002, along with Haroon Yayha and Sean Belfield. The
Khan gang was intercepted, by the Military Central Intelligence Division (MCID) of the GDF, in a bullet proof vehicle in which was discovered an arsenal of weaponry (including military type assault weapons, some fitted
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with night vision telescopic sights), Uzi sub-machine guns, assorted ammunition, silencers, and also bullet proof vests and a lap-top computer cum scanner capable of intercepting both land and cellular telephone calls.
It still remains a mystery, to this day, how Khan could have acquired this array of weapons and equipment without the help of the Government. The item of importance here is the
‘spy’
computer. The MCID was not only pressured to return it to Khan but was disbanded for its pains. Khan escaped justice, as the case against him was dismissed by Magistrate Jerrick Stephaney.
Thereafter, Khan formed his murderous
“phantom gang”
and they went on the rampage murdering so-called criminals. In a unique development, in Guyana’s post-independence history, an informer, by the name of
George Bacchus, linked the sitting Minister of Home Affairs, Ronald Gajraj, to Khan’s activities, including the
“phantom gang”
.
The PNCR called for an investigation into the activities of the
“phantom gang”.
The Jagdeo Administration narrowed the issue to whether Minister Gajraj was involved and thereby laid the conditions for his exculpation, by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, in 2004. But Roger Khan was running out of time. The new
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Winston Felix, was clearly determined to rid the society of the menace of Khan’s drug running and criminal activities.
Armed with the revelations, in the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of 2006, that Khan was a drug trafficker, Commissioner Felix pursued him. It was while he was being hunted by the security forces that
Khan claimed, in full page newspaper advertisement in 2006, that he was working with the Jagdeo
Administration and the security forces to “curb crime.”
Khan, the leader of the criminal enterprise in Guyana, fled to Suriname and was caught by the Surinamese police authorities, along with his known associates and a large stock of narcotics. He was deported back to
Guyana via Trinidad and Tobago where he was arrested and extradited to the United States. This occurred even while the Jagdeo Administration was clearly seeking to protect Khan by forcing Commissioner Felix from office.
It was during the court hearings in the United States that it was affirmed that Khan was the head of a criminal enterprise and was responsible for the deaths of more than 200 Guyanese. It was in the United States too that it was revealed that the ‘spy’ computer, which the current Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Green, claims to be in his possession, and which President Jagdeo claims might not be the equipment that was seized from Roger
Khan, by the MCID, on 4 December 2002, was seized by the United States Government. Now things really turned disruptive and revealing.
Mr. Robert Simels, Khan’s former lawyer, facing charges which include witness tampering, revealed that the
‘spy’
computer was purchased through the Guyana Government which funded the training of Roger Khan, in
Guyana, by a representative of the manufacturers, in the use of very specialized equipment. He further alleged that Dr. Leslie Ramsammy was responsible for the collection of the equipment and organising the training of
Khan, in the use of the computer.
This is not a narrative for narrative sake. It was done to prove that, at every step of the way, the Jagdeo
Administration was either involved in protecting Khan or facilitating his criminal activities. The facts are incontrovertible.
The Commissioner of Police, therefore, does not have to wait on the US authorities to provide information on
Khan’s criminal activities in Guyana after his sentencing.
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The PNCR expects that there already exists fulsome Guyana Police files which must have been augmented by the evidence from Suriname and that which is now being made available by the court documents from the
United States. If that is not so, the Commissioner of Police must inform the nation why Roger Khan’s notorious criminal enterprise in Guyana has not yet been investigated and when such an investigation would be launched.
PRESS STATEMENT – JUNE 12, 2009
JAGDEO ADMINISTRATION INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINALITY
At the time of the prison outbreak, in 2002, one of the escapees, Andrew Douglas made a tape recording. In that recording, he alleged that Ministers of the then PPP Government and other senior officials played a role in their activities. At the time, the PNCR called for an investigation to determine whether the allegations made were accurate. The PPP, not surprisingly, rejected the call for an investigation. The PNCR pointed out that this was not unexpected as the Government seemed to have a lot to hide. It was argued then, and this remains valid today, that there may be a criminous core in the PPP Cabinet which makes it possible for the Administration to be associated with known criminals in our society.
Fast forward to today. A Minister of the Jagdeo Administration has been directly accused of engaging in a criminal act. The Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has been identified, by the former lawyer of Roger
Khan, Robert Simels, as the person who facilitated the purchase of the
‘spy’
computer, which was used by
Khan for, among other things, bugging the office of the then Commissioner of Police, Mr. Winston Felix, and other top officials. Mr. Simels also alleged that Dr. Ramsammy also facilitated the training required to operate the computer.
The PNCR believes that these allegations are serious enough for Dr. Ramsammy to demit office, in spite of his strong denials. However, a culture of decency does not exist in the Jagdeo Cabinet. It took political protest action by the PNCR demanding an inquiry into the phantom squad killing-spree, for former Minister Gajraj to demit Office, before a limited public inquiry was eventually held. Jagdeo had hoped to clear the name of his
Home Affairs Minister, Gajraj, who reportedly was taking instructions directly from the President. It backfired.
Even after the murder of potential witnesses such as Kerzorskee and Bacchus, Ronald Gajraj had to go. He was, however, promoted by Jagdeo to be Guyana’s Ambassador to India. The President and Dr. Ramsammy are likely to engage in their usual charade of denials, even though they would be hard put to explain how Dr.
Ramsammy’s name ended up on the ‘spy’
computer as the Minister who facilitated both the purchase and the training for its use.
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