Governor of North Darfur announces ‘Google scheme’ to curb insecurity in the state
The Governor of North Darfur, Osman Kibir, has announced a “package of emergency measures” in order to curb the insecurity in the state. Kibir stipulated that “a combined force of regular troops (the army, various police forces, security and intelligence forces) with the support of the Popular Committees will implement a scheme, named the “Google scheme”. All buildings and houses in El Fasher will be searched for “wanted criminals, crime tools and everything contradicting the law”. Suspected people will be arrested and “suspicious money” confiscated for investigation. The governor has delegated his powers (as stipulated in the 1997 Emergency Act for the Protection of Public Safety) for the period of two months to the commissioners of localities in North Darfur state. The governor ordered the native administrations, in cases of “tribal conflicts, armed conflicts, or drugs trade” to immediately arrest the suspects or inform one of the Security Committees. The “police, the national security forces and the 6th Brigade” will operate under the command of the locality commissioners. They will be authorised “to detain any person, acting in any way against the public security and safety”. Coordinated by the Common Bureau, the “armed forces” can “search any house, vehicle, shop, store or person at any time, using a maximum of force and firearms if necessary”. Kibir also has authorised native administration leaders, the Popular Committees and the Community Committees to immediately report to the Security Committees of the localities about “any suspected troublemaker, provoker, purveyor of lies and rumours, and arrest any citizen, whatever his profession is, in case of any reasonable suspicion that the person is involved with drugs or weapons, or shows disregard of the prestige of the state”. All unlicensed vehicles and motorcycles are to be investigated, legalised or confiscated. The governor strictly prohibited the carrying of firearms to markets or public places, “whatever justifications there may be, except for the regular forces maintaining security in public places during the official working hours”. The wearing of masks, or “any means to cover the face”, is forbidden too. Kibir also banned the smoking of shisha waterpipes in public places. File photo: Osman Kibir
The Governor of North Darfur, Osman Kibir, has announced a “package of emergency measures” in order to curb the insecurity in the state.
Kibir stipulated that “a combined force of regular troops (the army, various police forces, security and intelligence forces) with the support of the Popular Committees will implement a scheme, named the “Google scheme”. All buildings and houses in El Fasher will be searched for “wanted criminals, crime tools and everything contradicting the law”. Suspected people will be arrested and “suspicious money” confiscated for investigation.
The governor has delegated his powers (as stipulated in the 1997 Emergency Act for the Protection of Public Safety) for the period of two months to the commissioners of localities in North Darfur state. The governor ordered the native administrations, in cases of “tribal conflicts, armed conflicts, or drugs trade” to immediately arrest the suspects or inform one of the Security Committees.
The “police, the national security forces and the 6th Brigade” will operate under the command of the locality commissioners. They will be authorised “to detain any person, acting in any way against the public security and safety”. Coordinated by the Common Bureau, the “armed forces” can “search any house, vehicle, shop, store or person at any time, using a maximum of force and firearms if necessary”.
Kibir also has authorised native administration leaders, the Popular Committees and the Community Committees to immediately report to the Security Committees of the localities about “any suspected troublemaker, provoker, purveyor of lies and rumours, and arrest any citizen, whatever his profession is, in case of any reasonable suspicion that the person is involved with drugs or weapons, or shows disregard of the prestige of the state”. All unlicensed vehicles and motorcycles are to be investigated, legalised or confiscated.
The governor strictly prohibited the carrying of firearms to markets or public places, “whatever justifications there may be, except for the regular forces maintaining security in public places during the official working hours”. The wearing of masks, or “any means to cover the face”, is forbidden too.
Kibir also banned the smoking of shisha waterpipes in public places.
File photo: Osman Kibir
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