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Editorial News of Thursday, 26 July 2001

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Police woman victimized

The Ghanaian Voice writes in another story that many Ghanaians seem to be asking if ex-President JJ Rawlings does not have enough good reason to express his feelings on the treatment being meted out to people close to him and the NDC by the NPP administration.

The latest victim of the NPP government's intimidation of people perceived to be close to the former President is a Police Corporal who until recently had been part of the security outfit of the ex-President, according to the paper.

The Corporal's crime was that she visited Rawlings's office while she was still on leave. For this, the Police administration by a wireless message recalled her from her 42-day leave and asked her to proceed on transfer to Techiman, effective last Friday July 20.

The Corporal had commenced her leave around the 9th of July, but had to go to her duty post at the ex-President's office at Ridge to pick some documents she left behind.

Little did she know that her colleagues on security detail around the Ex-President's residence would report her to their bosses at the Headquarters (HQ).

A wireless message, signed by one P.K. Acheampong from the CID HQ was flashed ordering the immediate transfer of the Corporal to Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The transfer was to be effect Friday, July 20 and in her place a Sergeant was to be moved from Techiman to CID HQ in Accra.