{"id":275688,"date":"2011-02-08T07:36:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T07:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51407"},"modified":"2011-02-08T07:36:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T07:36:39","slug":"no-state-agency-supported-anas-financially-kweku-baako-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/08\/no-state-agency-supported-anas-financially-kweku-baako-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"No State Agency Supported Anas Financially \u2013 Kweku Baako Insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Managing Editor of the <strong>New Crusading Guide<\/strong>,  Malik Kweku Baako has categorically denied reports that government or a  state agency financially supported ace investigative journalist, Anas  Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 latest undercover piece &#8220;<strong>Enemies of the Nation<\/strong>&#8220;, which exposed bribery and corruption at the Tema Port.<br \/>\nBut Mr. Baako assertion seems to contradict that of government.<br \/>\nIn  a statement signed by Deputy Minister for Information, Samuel Okudzeto  Ablakwa on Monday, Government revealed that the two recent investigative  works by journalist Anas Aremayaw Anas [that is the Cocoa smuggling  report and the latest on happenings at the Tema Port] were funded by a  State institution.<br \/>\nSpeaking in an interview on <strong>Asempa FM\u2019s Ekosii sen<\/strong> programme, Mr. Baako said even though the investigation was triggered  by a request from a state agency, there was no monetary sponsorship. He  said Anas has his own private investigation agency and also works as the  deputy Editor-In-Chief of the <strong>New Crusading Guide<\/strong> newspaper so the two platforms work together on such investigations.<br \/>\n\u201cAs  far as I know, there was no government funding or state funding. Anas  has a private investigation agency and he is the deputy in-charge of New  Crusading Guide so when he is doing his investigations, the two  platforms are brought together depending on the nature of the  investigation,\u201d he noted.<br \/>\nHe noted that the process of conducting  such investigations involves some level of collaboration with officials  and unofficial sources and contacts, so that when something goes  terribly wrong and he is arrested, he will not be treated as a criminal.<br \/>\nIn particular reference to the \u201c<strong>Enemies of the State<\/strong>\u201d undercover works, the Editor-In-Chief of the <strong>New Crusading Guide<\/strong> revealed that two of Anas\u2019 investigators were arrested and it took the  intervention from relevant authorities for them to be released because  of the level of collaboration.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen Anas went to Elubo to do the  cocoa smuggling syndicate, he was arrested and put in a police cell,  but we had made arrangements to ensure that when something of that sort  happens he will not be seen as a criminal but will have his freedom. And  during this particular interview, two of his investigators were  arrested and some newspapers published their pictures which we found  very problematic,\u201d he noted.<br \/>\nMr. Kweku Baako, who expressed  frustration over how Anas\u2019 latest expos\u00e9 is being handled, warned  against politicizing the findings since corruption at the Tema Port is a  systematic problem which should not be blamed on any particular  government.<br \/>\n\u201cDifferent investigations have different results and  different governments and Presidents have different approach in handling  them and I don\u2019t have a problem with that but what I don\u2019t like is the  way this Anas video expos\u00e9 is been handled by all the political divides  in the game. Anas has done findings when carefully analyzed will reveal  systematic problem which requires institutional renewal not criminal  prosecution,\u201d he emphasized.<br \/>\nHe warned that should Anas\u2019 expos\u00e9 be treated like an object for political football, nothing good will come out of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide, Malik Kweku Baako has categorically denied reports that government or a state agency financially supported ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 latest undercover piece &#8220;Enemies of the Nation&#8220;, which exposed bribery and corruption at the Tema Port. But Mr. Baako assertion seems to contradict that of government. 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