September 16, 2003 ------------------ Here is a true story about events that resulted in the arrest and release of Mr Fred Noronha, a journalist based in Goa.
About 5 months ago, acting on information revealed by Mr.Gaspar Almeida and Mr.Ulysses Menezes of Goaworld, customs officials laid charges against Fred Noronha for illegally using imported computers that were actually meant for the schools in Goa. Gaspar and Ulysses had revealed on several goan mailing lists that Fred Noronha had used these imported computers for his personal use. The government also forced the ceasation of all Computers for Goa Schools activities and all imported computers that were installed in several dozen schools were impounded. The several dozen volunteers were heart broken to see so much of their work disappear in a matter of days. Further investigation by the authorities revealed that no such misuse of the computer equipment took place. Cross referencing with Goa's own department of Education and the recipient schools with the custom's department's import records revealed that all the computers were accounted for. The students lost several weeks of computer course study as a result of these investigations. Fortunately for the students, it would have been worse had it not been for the monsoon study break. The goverment of Goa has however decided to file charges against Mr.G. Almeida and Mr.U. Menezes for libel and to cover the costs involved in the investigations that resulted from their well publicised accusations. There are rumors that GOACOM may also file charges against these two for false claims that Fred was on GOACOM's payrole. GOACOM has stated that it has audited tax and financial statments that prove that this was never the case. Mr. G.Almeida and U. Menezes are currently residing in the middle east. However they will have to face serious charges in India if they ever decide to return to India. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
