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The note hidden behind Rodney Payets bank card; which was
part of his belongings recently deposited at the IDC office.
6th
August 2019
Clifford
Roseline Esq.
Chief
Of Staff
Seychelles
Peoples’ Defence Forces
Bel
Eau, Mahe, Seychelles
Through
Commander-in-Chief
Of the
Defence Forces
State
House
Dear
Sir,
Re: The Disappearance/
Death/Killing/ Imprisonment of Rodney Dominic Payet
We, the mother and grand mother
of the Mr. Rodney Dominic Payet write this letter to you in regards to the
disappearance, death, killing or imprisonment of our grandson and son
respectively.
1
Rodney,
Dominic Payet was a member of the Armed Force stationed on Assumption Island
bearing Army Number SSP 4446, was a private in the regular force of the
Seychelles Army where he was in October
2018 before his alleged “disappearance? Death? Killing? Or imprisonment?
2
In
a “communiqué” issued by the Armed Forces
it was alleged that Private Payet and another member of the Armed Forces
got on a raft and went out fishing and never returned. Neither the raft nor his
body was ever found.
3
Reasonable
research and explanations indicate that rafts by their very nature never sink
and should have washed up somewhere.
4
All
enquiries we have made in regards to his whereabouts have been met with a wall
of deafening silence.
5
Sometimes
after his alleged “disappearance” a small bag with his “belongings” was deposited
at the IDC Mahe office and collected by
us.
6
In
a small clear plastic, hidden behind his bank card was a note from Private
Rodney Dominic Payet written on “army stationery partly burnt on two side with
the words “03/07/18 to 19/07/18, 17 days
in jell KILL, OR NEVER SEE MY FAMLIY”
7
Several
questions arises from this small frayed note (copy attached)
i)
Why
was he in jail?
ii)
Whom
was he ordered to kill?
iii)
Who
gave him the order to kill with the threat that not do so, would lead to him
not seeing his family again?
iv)
Where
is Private Rodney Dominic Payet?
v)
Who
is responsible for the safety of Army Personnel whilst performing their duties?
vi)
Who
came up with this cock and bull story about a kartier maron?
vii)
Where
did they get the materials to build this raft and go “fishing” without the
express knowledge and permission of their immediate supervisor?
viii)
WHERE IS PRIVATE RODNEY DOMINIC
PAYET?
8
Sir,
this is 2019 and the people of Seychelles were beginning to breath a sigh of
relief believing that “forced disappearances” imprisonment without charge, and
killings were a thing of the past.
9
We
have a right to know what has happened to Private Rodney Dominic Payet and since he was in the Army at the time of HIS
ALLEGED DISAPPEARNCE the Army through you HAVE A DUTY to provide an answer as
to the whereabouts of our loved one. Rodney was my only child ONLY CHILD, I had him when I was merely 15
years old.
10
If
the right to Information, as contained in the Access to Information Act 2018 is to have any substance then you are
being called upon to provide the above information. Failure on your part to do
so would leave us with no choice but to ask the court to issue a writ of “Habeus Corpus” asking you to produce “the
person” or his “body” before the court within a specified time period.
11
Through
this letter, a copy of which is being sent to local newspapers, members of the
public or other personnel are being requested to come forward with any
information that might be helpful in ascertaining the whereabouts and fate of
Private Rodney Dominic Payet.
12
Looking
forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Ms. Linda Tracy McKeown
Ms. Marie Auguste Rosalie
