The alleged sedition case involving Bai Mass Kah, a Messenger at the Foroyaa Newspaper, which was scheduled for hearing yesterday, 17 December, before Magistrate Isatou Janneh of the Kanifing Court, was said to have been adjourned to the 30 December, 2013.
The case, did not proceed in open court, but both the police prosecutor Sergeant. 335 Sohna Nying and defence counsel Lamin S. Camara were seen in the magistrate’s chambers discussing the matter.
When the reporters approached the police prosecutor to enquire about the status of the case, she said they have now been given the go ahead by the Attorney General’s Chambers to proceed with the case and that they have now asked for an adjournment in order to go over the document. She said the defence has agreed for an adjournment which was granted by the presiding magistrate.
It could be recalled that during the last sitting on the 2nd December, the prosecution applied for an adjournment in order to get a written consent from the AG Chambers. She told the Court then that a person cannot be tried under Section 53 Sub Section 2 of the Criminal Code without a written consent from the AG Chambers. The matter was therefore adjourned till 17, December, 2013.