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CLAYOQUOT PROTESTER QUESTIONS TESTIMONIES OF MACBLO EMPLOYEES AND RCMP OFFICER

Clayoquot protester, Ernest Hekkanen, made a shocking defense submission
in front of Justice Hutchison in a Victoria courtroom.  Mr. Hekkanen
stated that two security employees of Macmillan Bloedel and one RCMP
officer mishandled evidence and then contradicted each other while
testifying under oath.

Excerpts from Mr. Hekkanen's statement:

In these proceedings, particularly in cross-examination of witnesses for
the Crown,many small erosions of justice and procedure have been exposed. 
Mr. Lorne Dixon, an agent for MB, has been caught lying under oath.  I
refer to his assertion that he kept the polaroid pictures in strictest
confidence, turning them over to no one.  He maintains that at the
restaurant he did not show them to anyone; he did not remove them from the
envelope, and yet Mr. Bourne says Mr. Dixon not only removed them from the
envelope, he passed them around to others in the restaurant.

Mr. Dixon has moreover, set the terms by which the evidence collected by
the RCMP was turned over to him.  Mr. Dixon was even brazen, if not proud
of what he had done; he said:  "If they, (meaning the RCMP), didn't give
us the polaroids, they knew they wouldn't get the video pictures.

This brings me to Staff Sergeant Johnson, whom I deduce has also given
false testimony under oath.  Staff Sergeant Johnson testified on November
19, that he personally took the polaroids over to Macmillan Bloedel
headquarters in Ucluelet and there turned over to Dixon and, according to
him, later, within a short time, had them returned to him.  However, Dixon
and Bourne testified that they picked up the polaroid pictures at the
Ucluelet Police station and then, on most occasions, went to a restaurant.

Dixon and Bourne have testified that the polaroids were kept by them for a
number of weeks, and were only returned to the police station shortly
before the Clayoquot trials began, so I deduce, with no lack of evidence,
that Staff Sgt. Johnston lied under oath.

Therefore, I request, My Lord, that you throw my case, as well as the
cases of my fellow 800 Protectors of the Earth, out of court.  Do so in
the name of Justice.  Do so in order to bring repectability back to the
name of Justice.

For more information  Jill Thomas 383-7130