-Arokium’s attorney tells Top Cop
The attorney representing Leonard Arokium, the Lindo Creek mining camp owner, has written to acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene saying he has received credible and verifiable information that the mobile phone of one of the men killed at the camp continues to be in active use.
Dax Arokium
In the letter which this newspaper has seen, attorney at law Nigel Hughes said information has revealed that the mobile phone owned by Dax Arokium, which he had in his possession at the time of the June murders, has been in active use since the Lindo Creek crime scene ceased to be secured by the joint services.
Further, Hughes told Greene that independent investigations have also revealed that the use of the mobile phone continued even after Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins was killed last month. Rawlins had been accused of masterminding the slaughter of the eight men.
Hughes said he was instructed to alert the commissioner of the development as this may prove to be of “some use in continued investigations into the murders.” This newspaper has since learnt that many of the calls made from the mobile phone have been traced to several persons and homes in Linden.
If confirmed the user of the phone could have critical information on what happened at Camp Lindo. The persons to whom the calls were made would also be important.
Leonard Arokium has argued that the killings could not have been done by `Fineman’ and he has said he believes that elements of the joint services were behind the killings.
Arokium stumbled on what appeared to be the burnt remains of his eight workers which included his son and brother Dax and Cecil Arokium. Police from the outset had blamed the killings on `Fineman’ and his gang but Arokium has argued that it would defy all logic for `Fineman’ and his men to have done it if indeed they were the ones who had fled from Christmas Falls on June 6.
If they had fled Christmas Falls they would have retreated across the Berbice River. To execute the Lindo Creek massacre they would have had to re-cross the Berbice River – something that would have posed logistical challenges – travel 10 miles and moreover they would have had to sweep past police and army units who had swarmed the area in the aftermath of June 6 to get to the Lindo Creek camp.
Arokium, convinced that the Joint Services were behind the Lindo massacre, has argued that the Joint Services knew where his camp was as they had shared supplies with some of his workers before, including his son, Dax.
The police have since denied the essence of some of the conversations that Arokium had said he had about this and were willing to present a witness who would substantiate their version. The police said in a press release “The guards at the UNAMCO gate and the camp attendant at No.69 mining camp were contacted and they have all denied speaking to Mr Arokium, much less telling him any of the stories he related”. No witness has since been presented by the police even though they have said that they have one which they have referred to as an eyewitness/suspect. This was some weeks back but the person has not been presented to the public or charged.
The police have since been very tightlipped on their investigations, with only the assurance that they were continuing. However they have since said that ballistic tests link the weapons found in the possession of Rawlins and Jermaine `Skinny’ Charles, when they were shot and killed at Kuru Kururu on the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway, to the massacres at Lindo Creek, Lusignan and Bartica and several other murders.
It is unfortunate that Leo Arokium had to go public this early with his discovery that his son’s phone is being used even after Fineman’s death, rather than allow the police to do secret investigations by seeking phone records from cell phone carriers. But Arokium probably is of the view that the police can’t be trusted, which is how most Guyanese view the police.
Is it unfortunate or is it that some are bent on discrediting the police by airing information which must be held confidential? Viewing the police as being untrustworthy does not mean that they are so. A good police force is only as good as the citizens it protects. Citizens must help the police to curb and solve crime. This takes time and effort. Going public is a lame excuse and only prevent the police from being effective.
Don’t give up Mr Arokium, I believe in you and what you were
saying from day one.
I’m also convinced that the Joint Service did kill your men.
Fineman is dead the Police/Government will not change their
nancy story.
Now you have it.Trace the calls, find the people who is using the phone and you will get to their contacts.You will finally know who was involved in the killngs.
Well here we go again, now the phone from one of the victim is still being used, a trace must be put on this phone and find out who’s using it,and how come they have it in their posession. This is may shed some light on who the real killers are, now that fineman and skinny is dead who else to be blamed?
Not a bad idea amen-ra.
The only problem is that the man with the ‘cell phone tracing machine’ is currently being inconvenienced by the US Federal authorities.
Stick to your beliefs Mr Arokium just be careful the threats switch from Benschop & Lewis to you. The Almighty never wears pajamas so HE never sleeps the truth will come out.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mmmmmmmmmmm lol
The Police has lost all credibility. Mr. Arokium claims have merit and he should be careful and seek outside help because the Police is compromised and cannot be relied on. The government is rewarding the police with $ 60 million for killing Skinny and Fineman and not bringing them in alive so they can be quetsioned. With the wanted men the police think that they can cover up the truth about the deaths of Arokium men.
If the attorneys know so much they should say if calls were made to any JS homes or any member of Finemans gang
hmmmmm,,,, well there is only one way to find out who these peoples are
the commish have to haul them in immediately for interogation and let
it be transparent so we all could know who these culprits are fineman gang or
joint forces the guyanese people needs to know..
What confusion this is? now the two are dead and someone is stll using the phone of one of the slain men. What to make of this? the js know what to make of it because their are the ones responsible.