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December 4, 2007

News Release
For immediate use
Contact: 33030613

Student killings in Kumba:

Meme Administration demonstrates ineptitude, takes to witch-hunting

Global Conscience Initiative has expressed serious disappointed with the declaration of the
Meme Administration to traditional rulers of the division that striking students in Kumba were
shot and killed by bandits.

The First Deputy Chief Executive for Meme thunderstruck Southwest Chiefs, during their
recent assembly, and challenged them to prove that the students were shot and killed by
police and gendarmes.

Global Conscience Chief Executive, Samba Churchill has said the challenging declaration of
the administrator is bad-mannered, most provocative and intended to ridicule the Chiefs,
who are very aware about what happened, and adds insult to their injuries.

According to Mr. Samba, the statement of the first Assistant SDO, speaking on behalf of his
boss, must be seriously followed up as it demonstrates, absolutely, the kind of sit-tight, high
handed and dictatorial administration we have in Meme Division. He urged the Chiefs to take
their responsibilities and press for thorough investigations and sanctioning of the ruthless
killings, at least in the interest of posterity. Mr. Samba said the declaration also makes clear
whose interest the administration is defending.

The Global Conscience Director also observed that since the shooting of peacefully
demonstrating students by forces in Kumba, the Meme administration has been very
verbose, threatening parents, and now Chiefs, that the administration knows those of them
who incited the students into striking.

The human rights activist, cum Journalist, said the administration has completely failed to
manage the students’ crisis and has resulted to witch-hunting to cover-up its ineptitude. He
said the administration is continuing to produce more violence in Kumba by its unconsidered
and imprudent declarations.

Global Conscience Initiative is therefore calling on Yaounde authorities to intervene to resolve

the crises in Kumba, and take well calculated measures to put in the local administration
persons worthy enough to conduct unfettered respect for constituted authority.

Ngala Elvis Tawe

Communication Department
Media Centre, Global Conscience Initiative

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