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The Alliance For Change continues to follow with great consternation along with the people of Guyana, the reported ongoing revelations coming out of the trial of Roger Khan taking place in the United States of America. These almost daily revelations read like a suspense novel, but the people of Guyana know only too well that this is no fiction, but pure facts now being revealed about a period that many of us are still to get the whole truth on.
Just prior to his arrest in Suriname, Roger Khan began enlightening the Guyanese public about his role and involvement with the Government in hunting “criminals” and insurgents. He claimed in full-page newspaper advertisements that he played a pivotal role in support of the PPP/C regime in suppressing a plot to destabalise and overthrow the government. Back then, the leading figures at the Office of the President and Freedom House chose to remain silent and to wash their hands like Pilate of the whole matter by pretending that they didn’t know who he was as Dr. Luncheon did when put under pressure at a news conference. This was the first time they denied him.
Now for the second time the Government and the PPP/C have disowned the man who has documented proof of his heavy involvement with them. They claim ignorance of a certain laptop computer crammed with hi-tech software that was used in a seek and destroy operation. This type of software which allows precise triangulation and location of cell phone users and also with the capacity to carry out voice recognition and recording can only be obtained by Law Enforcement agencies in a Government to Government transfer. How then did Roger Khan obtain this equipment if he was a private citizen if not through some official channel? Someone is lying through their teeth here. The obvious question is why at this grim stage in his life, when he faces possible life imprisonment, would Roger Khan make false statements to influence a Federal Judge of the US Federal Court knowing that he risks further jeopardising his situation if caught lying? He must be extremely stupid, or extremely honest.
We in the AFC believe Roger Khan when he says that he was engaged by the Government of Guyana to fight criminals and we believe him when he says that he was outfitted and equipped to do the nasty job he was mobilised to do with governmental authority. Roger Khan must now be holding his head and screaming to the Government of Guyana “Why have you forsaken me?” In fact President Jagdeo in a very recent statement has exclaimed that he should feel the full force of the law if convicted! We urge Khan to save himself before they deny him for the third time and to stop protecting those intellectual authors of that heinous period when murder and mayhem were the order of the day.
We renew the call for the holding of an urgent and immediate enquiry into the truth of the information coming out of this trial concerning the loss of life of hundreds of Guyanese, known and unknown and the purchase, entry into Guyana through customs, operation, and location of this sophisticated spy equipment .The killings of persons outside of the rule of law, if carried out with the constructive knowledge of Government and security officials, amounts to genocide as the use of such equipment is a breach of the natural law and constitutional rights of the citizens of Guyana.
Finally, thanks to these reports, many Guyanese cold cases can be solved and some families will finally have at least an explanation. However, persons in and out of Government and the law enforcement Agencies who have knowledge of this appointed genocide, Khan-style, and did nothing, should do the honourable thing and resign. If they say now, as they have already begun to do, that they had no knowledge of what was taking place, which facts obviously have been within the knowledge of foreign security officials, this highlights the ineptitude of the security forces and responsible Government officials. These persons should now offer the Guyanese people their resignation.
Therefore the AFC is calling on the United Nations, and a letter will be written to this effect to immediately convene a Commission of Enquiry to enquire into the circumstances of the activities of Roger Khan and his acolytes, and associations during the period 2001-2006. It is no use asking the Government itself to conduct the investigation because we already know that our request will be met with a strong refusal. These appointed Commissioners should be empowered to visit the United States and meet with the American security officials including Attorneys involved in the Roger Khan trial.
This is the only way that the truth can be confirmed, as Government’s chorus of denials of information which they can easily obtain, but which we believe is already in its possession, is unacceptable to the people of Guyana.
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