Comments on: US: Witness will testify on Khan role in killings

By: Alicia

Alicia — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:18:58 +0000

I am forever grateful for the day the US got their hands on Roger Khan. Now mouth open story guh jump out. My bet is that this whole saga will continue to implicate the Guyana Government. Their denials are not surprising, just pitiful because what we are hearing about now is just confirmation of what we always knew.

By: bigpraff

bigpraff — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:32:03 +0000

Roger Khan has shown what is the order of the day in Guyanese politics. Guyana is no longer a country of prominance. When she get a changing of the old guard? meaning no PNC or PPP steering the ship. Guyana Needs a change for the better and i do not see it being done on the above parties time in office…..Change for the better…..It is about time….it is need now…..

By: bigpraff

bigpraff — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:13:18 +0000

I think this is what they should do. The society has become too lawless and the country needs a reality check. The Govt will then realize what they have done….

By: bigpraff

bigpraff — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:09:26 +0000

I believe the PNC and PPP has pass their shelf live in Guyanese Politics. Their Ideologies will not transform Guyana. The Country needs needs a change from the traditional set which are above. The country needs real leaders and those parties do not have them. They are both using the teachings of the old regime and they cannot see that there are many flaws in their ability to change the MORAL of all Guyanese….Guyana being pulled into the preverbal black hole and no one has any idea how to reverse the process.

By: raulcedras

raulcedras — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:44:24 +0000

Well! What we have here? That will be one to see. I hope they do go into Guyana & get them. IT is crazy man.

By: guyanarm

guyanarm — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:14:55 +0000

After Khan Expose the Government would the US come in to Guyana and get the culprits like what they did to Panama?

By: mackydog

mackydog — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:02:00 +0000

owenon123,
Most of what you said I agree with. No, I don’t expect the Surinamese to send RK thru Nickerie, but they have the means to facilitate RK ’s assured return to Guyana thru Nickerie just like the do everyone else they send back to Guyana including RK’s body guards. It was a plan agreed to by the Surinamese and US agents to arrest him in Trinidad if the Surinamese were to send him to Guyana via POS. I have no doubt in my mind RK is gonna go to jail, the US will have enough to put him away, but not for the killings in Guyana, that’s why I said in a previous post, his going to jail was no consolation to the victims.

By: timeless

timeless — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:48:22 +0000

were the two US missionaries killed in the interior counted as part of the 200 murdered by RK?

By: timeless

timeless — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:28:08 +0000

Mackydog, i don’t believe “kidnap” is the correct word usage. The only way the US could ‘effectively’ arraign RK was to get him into a jurisdiction where their extradition is extant. There was none between Suriname and the US which is why the ‘deportation’ arrangement came into place, where he could be arrested in a jurisdiction where the extradition could be enforced – T&T afforded the opportunity. So i believe the US covered itself adequately….

By: vatvic

vatvic — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:04:33 +0000

If the Government was “using Khan to do some dirty work,” what was the reward for Khan? Free passage (nothing to declare line) through CANU? I wonder if that is why the CANU people are being gotten rid of now in such a hurry? So when Kan calls names the Govt will say ’see they were corrupt a long time ago’
A smart but transparent move, Jagdeo. We reading you. nothing you-all do can clean your dirty-work hands, I hope the US come for all of them.

By: timeless

timeless — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:53:09 +0000

i believe the discussion here is as follows: “there is no law without a sovereign.”

By: gtalltheway

gtalltheway — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:39:57 +0000

The government was just using Roger khan to do some dirty work.

By: gtalltheway

gtalltheway — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:35:03 +0000

hey guys calm down, easy now don’t let us rush the brush, Remember Raphael Douglas, he too was extradited to the US to answer to drugs related charges. well he just touched down in GT.

By: Roula

Roula — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:29:34 +0000

I always wonder what kind of training Roger Khan had in other to manipulate the entire government. What PHD does he hold? How one civilian could convince the administration that “he” is able to fight crime, wow!

By: stabruk

stabruk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:54:51 +0000

SN sucks it too bias like the chronicle

By: stabruk

stabruk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:52:39 +0000

he must be punish for his drugs crime but he must be given medat fot killin the bandits who kill innocent children

By: stabruk

stabruk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:45:19 +0000

what u think of the PNC house

By: shai4me

shai4me — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:29:20 +0000

The US government ’s case against Khan has strong evidence for conviction,the crown’s strategy is to present his case and leave the defence team with the most impossible task of convincing the jury to reach a not guilty verdict.The US narco yearly reports would state Guyana’s position on the fight against this trade . If our government and law enforcement team had taken action after reading the reports, this administration would not have had lost the public trust. The US government is talking about the death of Allison and Persaud this is two from the alledged 200 murders ,how many were lawenforcement officers in guyana and also US DEA officers being DEA you will be considered a US service personnel. This would be a serious crime.

By: owenon123

owenon123 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:40:47 +0000

Mackydog:

I like your tone of voice now.

Re: “That judge will have to be crazy to allow that evidence to be heard in court ESPECIALLY when Roger Khan WAS kidnapped and illegally brought to the US.”

Persuasion is achieved by respecting your audience, and one-way is to give others the benefit of the doubt, unless you have clear evidence to the contrary.

Mackydog, do RK and his legal team have that evidence that he was kidnapped and illegally brought to the US. You said, “Roger Khan was deported to Guyana and intransited to Trinidad for a flight to Guyana with no official Guyanese identification except Surinamese jail documents saying he was RK.” However, your assumption is, “He should’ve been brought back thru Nickerie,” etc.

Nevertheless, RK, at the time of deportation back to Guyana. He was a wanted alleged high profile drugs Baron which the USA has requested internationally for his arrest. In addition, the US has picture of him and his capture by the Surinamese was on television news as well as in the media. In your right mind, do you really think the Surinamese authorities would’ve deported him thru Nickerie?

RK, was nabbed by the US authorities intransiting thru Trinidad for a flight to Guyana. The government of Trinidad has an extradition treaty with the US government.

Roger Khan is not facing any murder charge here in the USA. The US is establishing evidence to make their case Persuasive to the Judge and further on to the Jury in the trial. As follow: “Further, strongly arguing that the uncharged conduct was admissible and not unfairly prejudicial, the US government said that the uncharged criminal activity that it was seeking to have admitted in its motion in limine was admissible as direct evidence of the crimes charged in the indictment because the acts “arose out of the same transaction or series of transactions as the charged offense[s], … [are] inextricably intertwined with the evidence regarding the charged offense[s], [and are] necessary to complete the story of the crime [on] trial.”
Pertaining to the name “shortman” those witnesses when asked by the defense, other than the defendant’s name Roger Khan, what other alias you (the witness) know him by and the witness or witnesses is going to say “shortman” end of story.

By: armie

armie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:08:55 +0000

AND the Roger Khan saga continues. I think by now the GOG was involved in this whole mess at some point in time, be it assisting Khan to acquire his surveillance equipment or higher.

I hope a lot more unravels by the time he is prosecuted. Khan knows he’s looking at a lot of jail time and it is obvious he is not prepared to go down alone.

It is unfortunate that we have to wait on Uncle Sam to clean up our mess.

To be involved in crimes of such nature (drug smuggling et al on such a high level) One must have a broad network. HINT HINT!

By: clearview

clearview — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:08:08 +0000

Thanks guys it has been a healthy exchange of views on the RK situation. In my comments I base them on the law we have here on other items which would prejudice the crown’s case against the accused. They normally get to the high court and get their sentence squashed through unproven allegations. But in short in would be more creditable if Guyana had laid charges against RK
BUT I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT I ASSUME THAT US HAS COMPELLING EVIDENCE which is why the Guyana government has made little or no comment because they know as soon as they open their mouth there is a good chance uncle Sam will say no no we will release the truth about senior members of the Guyana government. I do remember that certain Guyanese officials have been told that they are not welcome in the US. How embarrassing is that also if we select a jury from our forum Mr RK would be sentenced indefinitely.

By: ejpm0697

ejpm0697 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:16:54 +0000

owenon123 I am in full agreement with you and Rag they will step down it is only a matter of time.

By: owenon123

owenon123 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:37:57 +0000

Clearview, the last sentence in your statement as follow:

“THE GUYANA GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CLEAR UP THIS MESS”

Which mess are you talking about, the Bird mess…lol..well I guess they hands cannot get there to clean up that mess. A matter of fact the government of Guyana is a big WHOLE NASTY MESS that no amount of paper nor even Mr. CLEAN detergent could clean up…this regime is Jokers…lol

Ms guyana, you have alright baby.

By: motherofmine

motherofmine — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:50:55 +0000

THIS IS WHY GUYANA IS AS IT IS NOW, TOO MANY PEOPLE CALLING FOR THE IMPRISONMENT OF OTHERS WITH OUT KNOWINGTHE FACTS OF THE MATTERS AT HAND, LET US STEP BACK AND TAKE IT EASY, LET THESE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT AND LETS HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY , WE JUST MIGHT CATCH THE GOVERNMENT WITH THEIR HANDS IN THE COOKIE JAR