This number rises to 39 percent for residents in the Upper West and Northern Regions, the report (which can be viewed here) stated.

But on the whole, 81 percent of Ghanaians are of the view that citizens must always rely on police to deal with suspected criminals.

Ghana’s problem with mob justice was firmly in the spotlight in 2017 a when an officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion, Major Maxwell Mahama, was killed by a mob on his daily jogging routine in May 2017, when he was suspected of being an armed robber.

Observers have described the phenomenon of mob justice in Ghana as a manifestation of citizens frustrations with the justices system.

Political Party vigilantism

On the issue of political vigilantism, 88 percent of Ghanaians believe it is “wrong and punishable” for party vigilantes to attack government appointees whose appointment they disagree with.

Fifty-three (53) percent of Ghanaians said the government performed “fairly well” or “very well” in handling the criminal activities of political-party vigilante groups.

The past 13 months have seen consistent attacks on various state institutions by aggrieved New Patriotic Party youth groups.

The President was recently compelled to suspend the Upper West Regional Minister, Sulemana Alhassan, over reports he obstructed the course of justice after some NPP youth besieged the offices of the Upper West Regional National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), and assaulted the Regional Director’s aide.

The suspension is likely to sit well with most Ghanaians as almost nine of 10 Ghanaians, representing 88 percent “approve” or “strongly approve” of the government prosecuting and punishing political-party vigilantes who engage in acts of lawlessness.

About the report

Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues across more than 35 countries in Africa. Six rounds of surveys were conducted between 1999 and 2015, and Round 7 surveys (2016/2018) are currently underway. Afrobarometer conducts face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent’s choice with nationally representative samples.

The Afrobarometer team in Ghana, led by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), interviewed 2,400 adult Ghanaians between September 9 and 25, 2017. A sample of this size yields results with a margin of error of +/-2% at a 95% confidence level. Previous surveys have been conducted in Ghana in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, and 2014.

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It noted with grave concern that the situation is steadily endangering human security. As a human rights advocacy organization, it implores the nation’s law enforcement agencies to tackle the situation.

Amnesty International Ghana’s Board Chairman, George Aggrey, raised the concern at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Tamale Catholic Guest House.

It was under the theme, “Protecting Our Environment and Our Right to Life”.

George Aggrey, however allayed fears saying, “Generally, Ghana’s human rights record is quite good except the issue of mob justice which is becoming serious among a section of citizens.”

He said Amnesty International Ghana would strengthen its partnership with the law enforcement agencies to thwart such unlawful conduct. He emphasized the need for the police administration to widen its surveillance and rapidly respond to distress calls on mob justice.

This in his estimation, could avoid recurrence of the lynching of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama and other citizens, who died through such dastardly acts.

Fire disasters (Bushfires)

According to the Northern Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Abu Iddrisu, fire disasters continued to destroy the nation’s resources affecting 24 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product.

He said 99 percent of bush fires recorded nationwide were man-made, and thus called for attitudinal change.

Abu Iddrisu condemned the illegal mining of non-renewable natural resources including diamond, gold, bauxite, limestone and other mineral deposits.

“Unnecessary scooping of the top soil results in loss of the immediate fertile soil that facilitates plant growth, thereby impacting negatively on agriculture and food security in Ghana.”

He disclosed that some chiefs and departmental heads should be blamed for allowing unscrupulous people to flout environmental laws with impunity.

He called for a multifaceted approach to curtail environmental degradation especially in the Northern Region where bushfires are perennial.

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We have been thrown into shock since Major Mahama’s painful departure and we are still reeling from this great loss. It is indeed disheartening to lose a young gentleman full of life and a promising future to such dastardly act.

Major Mahama’s death is very painful but then again, it serves as a kind reminder of the need to get the laws working for our good. What happened to the case involving the lady who was abused by a mob in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region? How about those armed robbers who were lynched in Kasoa months ago? We have swept so many similar cases under the carpet with the excuse that victims involved deserve the treatment meted out to them.  We have over the years refused to admit that mob justice is wrong, whether the victim is guilty or not. And it is unfortunate that it took Major Mahama’s death to realise how egregious mob justice is.

Our anger over this sad development is in order, but if we had exhibited same fury when other related incidents occurred in the past, Major Mahama’s painful death could have been forestalled.

A few days after Major Mahama’s death, government announced setting up a memorial Trust Fund with a seed money of GH¢500,000 to support the education of the children of  Major Maxwell Mahama, who was killed in the line of duty at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region. Good idea! But what happens to others who have suffered similar fate? We need to look at the bigger picture of tackling the problem once and for all.

As we mourn , let’s reflect on finding remedies to this problem. We need to ensure that it would not be business as usual ,where we cry for weeks , vow to end mob justice and forgetfully retreat to cosiness. Government’s decision to offer a helping hand is commendable but key stakeholders need to take drastic measures to ensure that mob justice becomes a thing of the past. Funds and donations are useful but they won’t resurrect the dead, neither will they ensure justice for bereaved families who have lost relatives through this menace.  We need to strengthen our justice systems . Our laws need to work. We need to spell out a detailed plan of ending mob justice and implement it. Those arrested in connection with the murder of Major Mahama should face the law. This will serve as a deterrent to others. As concerned citizens and stakeholders, we need to push for reforms until we see results. This is the best way of revenging Major Mahama’s death.

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[contextly_sidebar id=”t9fc7KGVawNa122xMLwzPEpO96GxNjHK”]A statement from the office indicated that, the deceased will be given a state burial with “full military honours at the Osu Military Cemetery, after a burial service at the Forecourt of the State House.”

The late soldier is to be buried on Friday, June 9th, 2017.

The other burial and funeral rites as listed in the statement are as follows:

• Vigil Service at Arakan Officers Mess on Thursday 8^th June 2017 at 1900 hrs
• Body of deceased will be moved from 37 Military Hospital to Forecourt of State House on Friday 9^th June 2017 at 0600 hrs for filing past. Burial Service commences at 0910 hrs.
• Procession to Osu Military Cemetery for internment after the burial service. Order of procession to the cemetery to be announced during the burial service.
• Final funeral rites to be held at the Forecourt of the State House immediately after burial
• Thanksgiving service will be held at Light House Chapel Internatinal, Qodesh, North Kaneshie-Accra on Sunday 11^th June at 1030 hrs.
• Final funeral rites will be held at Bole fro, 13^th – 15^th June 2017 and Tumu from 16^th – 18^th June 2017 respectively.

Adam Mahama was lynched and partly burnt by some youth of Denkyria-Obuasi in the Central Region, who claimed they thought he was an armed robber.

About 40 persons have so far been arrested in connection with the murder, out of which some have been remanded in police custody.

Monument to be erected in honour of Major Mahama

Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has announced plans to erect a monument in honour of Major Mahama.

The President made this announcement when he visited the family of the deceased.

He also announced  the setting up of a Ghc500,000 Trust Fund to cater for the education of the late military officer’s children.

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The suspects, including 4 women and 2 nursing mothers, have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder.

[contextly_sidebar id=”S8tD58vTvo4KCdWMDGkwr9kz5iThOnLf”]State Prosecutor,George Ameke, presented the facts of the case, and prayed the court to remand the suspects until the next adjourned  date of June 21, 2017.

This, he said, would enable them continue their  investigations into the gruesome murder. This brings to 41 the number of suspects who have been remanded so far.

On Thursday, seven other suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder were also remanded.

The deceased, Captain Maxwell Mahama, an officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion, is said to have been on his daily jogging routine on Monday [May 29], when some angry youth of the town attacked him, allegedly on suspicion of being an armed robber.

He was beaten to death, with part of his body burnt.

The family of the late military captain has announced that his burial will take place on Friday, June 9, 2017.

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According to him, he cannot comprehend how a normal person would hit his fellow human being with a cement block with the intent of squeezing his life out of him.

Speaking on Citi FM’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday, Mr. Agyarko further called for medical examination of the suspects arrested to ascertain whether substance abuse was at play.

[contextly_sidebar id=”XmLvvWOijfgUXkD5yVGel7LlThLqggf1″]“As a former Narcotics control officer…I will suggest that all these people who are picked up, maybe they should conduct some test on them. I’m beginning to think that there is so much substance abuse in this country. Alcohol is too cheap in this country. Wee is too common in this country. I think that we must begin to look into these things…I can’t see how me, a normal person who is not under the influence of anything will take a block and hit a man on his head,” the outspoken MP added.

Capt. Mahama was lynched and partly burnt by some residents of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region after they mistook him for an armed robber.

The residents in a video which went viral on social media hit the officer with cement blocks, clubs and other wooden objects until he passed out.

The late military officer and his team from the 5^th Infantry battalion, had been deployed to the area to fight illegal mining.

So far, about 22 people including a twelve year old have been arrested in connection with the murder.

The late officer’s burial has been set for June 9, 2017.

Joblessness partly to blame 

Mr. Agyarko also believes that, a lot of the residents joined in the lynching of the Capt. Mahama because they are idle and have no jobs to do.

“This rallying of the mob couldn’t have happened so easily. You begin to wonder about what the people in the villages do. I begin to think that because of underemployment and nothing to do, people hang around and they become easily rallied. People are not occupied enough. This country has some major problem and crisis this government must tackle. Government must create a situation where people will be busy or be employed to make them too busy to engage in vigilantism,” he added.

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Unfortunately, it was one of those days you will feel the vibes outside a club, pay gate fee, enter and find about 15 boys 5 girls in there. It was boring to hell so I left for other places and the result was same

Around 3 am, tired and disappointed, I decided to go home because it didn’t look like it was going to be my night.

Due to paying two gate fees despite budgeting for one, I had just enough  money to pick trotro home

I picked a trotro heading to Lapaz in front of Vienna City and sat by a woman who appeared to be in her early fifties. Few minutes after joining the trotro, I slept off. The woman had to alert me to pay my fare and did same for me to take my change. When we got to Lapaz, she was the one who drew my attention.

I crossed the now N 1 road which used to be N1/2 at time and so I didn’t struggle to cross it despite dosing half way through

Right in front of Las Pamas Restaurant, I was confronted by 3 guys who accused me of being part of a group of guys who attacked a guy and his girlfriend and jolted with their belongings a couple of hours ago. They tried searching my pocket for something but found nothing except for a 2 Cedi note and some coins. I didn’t go out with my phone that day (The very first time I went out without my phone) and had very little money on me

I was very expensively dressed so they presumed I had some valuables on me. I suspect that was their trick to take my stuffs from me. When it backfired, they start pushing and shoving me and got more vocal with their accusation. I got a couple of slaps. One of the guys stained my top with blood to support their claim that I was indeed one of the boys who fought the guy and his lady, injured them and stole their belongings. Apparently, that accident had taken place that day.

At this stage, I was being pushed all over the place and people were taking interest in the issue. It dragged on to the taxi station.

The drivers took interest and listened to the story of the guys. They didn’t believe my side of the story.

Trust me, you run out of words to defend yourself when you find yourself in these situations.

For some strange reason, aside the two slaps, No one hit me with any external object: it was just shoving and what have you.

One reason I suspect that made people a bit careful to touch me was how well I was dressed with the only dent being the blood in my Gorilla Unit T’Shirt which looked a bit unreal with a careful look.

The drivers who showed level headedness gave up on me after more people corroborated the accusation against me. The next thing was for the beating to start.

My heart missed a beat when one driver asked for petrol. This is because a couple of weeks prior, a young guy was burnt to ashes for stealing a mobile phone in the area and stabbing a school boy who exposed him in broad day light.

Honestly, I was in a hurry to wake up from the dream but it was real and I was on the verge of death.

From one of the taxis, I heard a woman shouting on top of her voice voice and it was the woman I sat by in the trotro, she came out to hug me and asked about the incident and inquired why I has blood in my top

The drivers told her what has been alleged.

She told them how she met me and the fact that it couldn’t have been me because there was no blood on my attire when we sat in the trotro about 20 minutes prior

After her testimony, the drivers stepped in and vowed that they wouldn’t let anyone touch me.

It became a struggle between the drivers and the guys. To be honest, I was smuggled away from the fracas that ensued in one of the taxis.

I’d have kept it to myself but the news got to the people I lived with because I couldn’t pay for the dropping so the driver had to come home later in the day for the money. Before I could say jack, he had narrated everything to them

On that day, even though I had never laid a figure on a thief prior, I vowed never to even insult an alleged thief let alone touch him because when you are falsely accused in that manner, you don’t find the right words to defend yourself

So many innocent people have been killed through instant justice.

In my case, I believe the hand of the people who accused me and those who believed them were held by the Lord. I had so much time that is unreal at Lapaz. Just when they were convinced to strike, the woman intervened

That woman to me was God sent. I have no idea what would have happened. I only knew at the time that people rarely survived on suspicion of robbery at Lapaz during that time.

To make it worse, in my mind, I was going to hell.

When your life comes under threats, you can think of things that can fill a 200 paged book in a second.

It is impossible to defend yourself when you are caught up in the midst of mob action. Even if you are given the chance to speak, you can’t put the right words together.

You have yourself surrounded by more than ten people calling for your blood who have taken an entrenched position that anything you say is a lie.

Lapaz is to an extent the Capital Town of people who live around Tabora and it’s environs. The daily lives and movement of people revolve around it and therefore impossible to live at Tabora and avoid Lapaz

Lapaz became my scarecrow for sometime

It was a momentary experience of hell for me and imagining what Captain Mahama went through breaks me.

No human has the right to take the life of another person.

In the case of our late brother Maxwell Mahama though, it doesn’t look like mob action against a suspected robber to me (to me). It looks organised (to me)

Watching the detailed video on his murder, I must admit that even though I have seen a number of mob actions against suspected thieves and have escaped one, none comes close to this one by way of brutality.

I have never seen a mob so eager to finish a ‘suspected robber’ like this one.

In most genuine cases of instant justice against suspected robbers, they beat the suspect to a point, ask him questions before proceeding to kill him or hand him over to the police

Strangely, of all the people around during the incident, no one was reasonable enough to ask questions like: What was he trying to rob, whose house and with whom did he embark on the operation?

More so when it was in broad day light, ordinary mob would have sought for clarification

This is the first mob against a suspected robber that weren’t eager to listen to a word from the suspect

From the word go, their only intention was to kill him and nothing more.

This is why I suspect that there’s more to his death than just a mere incident of instant justice against a suspect armed robber. Who kills an armed robber without at least finding out where he’s from? This is common with instant justice.

Even when he made effort to speak, the people attacking him didn’t want him heard.

The effort to silence him and the eagerness to kill him so quickly speaks volume.

That said, this is where we are now.

This is the result of our collective silence over this treacherous act that has become a norm in this country

There are so many areas in Accra where suspected thieves never go scot free. Even in the East Legon and Cantonments where we think are largely made up of educated and refined people, suspected thieves don’t get to the police station without being beaten to pulp.

Go to Universities in this country and find out how suspected thieves are dealt with and it will become clear that the people of Denkyira are at best the worse form of our bad self or perhaps a perfect picture of 21^st century Ghana.

Most people are angry because it has been clearly proven that our brother Mahama was on duty to serve the nation. We would have treated it with contempt if our brother was an ordinary person and unknown to people who could prove his innocence.

As long as we deem it okay for thieves to be killed, innocent people won’t be free. Instant justice is equally the reason why many armed robbers kill the people they rob in this country.

No one is safe if this continues.

In instant justice, those who beat the suspect, those who stand by without intervening and those who walk past it as one of those things are equally guilty. In short, most of us, including myself have had a hand in one instant justice at least on one occasion directly or indirectly.

The people arrested in association with our brother should be dealt with ruthlessly within the space of the law and their fate must be made known to the public to send a strong message against this anomaly.

Sadly, after the Denkyira Obuasi issue, a man has been killed in the Central Region for stealing a goat, a 67-year-old woman has been stoned to death for allegedly being a witch in the Northern Region and two lynched to death in Kumasi for stealing mobile phone.

‘People’ won’t change until the whip is cracked and a strong stance is taken against instant justice regardless of the profile of the victim

Captain Mahama should go down in history as the sacrificial lamb whose death made instant justice unattractive in this country. He shouldn’t die in vain because the man is a good person

Any other military man with a gun would have at least killed one person. His gun was returned with bullets in it after the few warning shots yielded no result. He is our hero and must be remembered as such by posterity with attitudinal change.

Instant justice is rushed injustice: it is never a better option to the slow wheel of proper justice.

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On Thursday, some angry soldiers suggested that, the Military takes over the investigations since according to them, they will do a better job.

[contextly_sidebar id=”KFhPvYKb4vQrrWqRspkaecO6jElXHXs5″]But speaking at a press conference on Friday, the IGP David Asante Apeatu, called for calm, promising that the Police Service will get to the bottom of the matter.

“Persons who violate the laws of the land in the manner akin to what has happened in the late Captain’s case, will be dealt with accordingly. The Police is prepared to collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure this canker of instant justice is permanently stamped out of our society.”

“We shall therefore stop at nothing to deal with perpetrators of this phenomenon. The Police administration wishes to pledge our full support to him to achieve this goal. For the purpose of protecting sanctity of evidence, we have decided not to parade the 16 suspects currently in our custody. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a war, not only for the security agencies but for all of us including members of the public.”

Meanwhile the Ghana Armed Forces, has also expressed satisfaction with the investigation carried out and the arrests made so far.

Speaking at the programme, the Chief of Defence, Major General Obed Akwa, commended the IGP and Police Service for their efforts at ensuring that justice is served.

“Yesterday [Thursday], I held a durbar and the issues raised had to do with the speedy investigation and prosecution of those who carried out this dastardly act, and I gave assurance that a high powered team had been sent to the incident area, and I am happy to hear from the Director General and the CID and also from the IGP that indeed they are making progress. We look forward to a speedy investigation so that those who are found culpable face the full rigors of the law because justice delayed is justice denied.”

Capt. Mahama was lynched after he was mistaken for a thief.

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It is said that, power is like a sweet intoxicating wine, the more you drink, the more you want. An eminent Ghanaian re-echoed same: it is better to be a messenger in a ruling government than to be general secretary of a political party in opposition. So when an open rebellion expressed in a courtroom is supported by the structures of a ruling Party, we ought not to expect a violation of their ‘protected right’ as suggested Party members?

These references hint at people’s mindset of governance, politics become an instrument of self-interest instead of the means to solve the problems of society. The irony in this mindset is obvious; it belies the truth and the dynamics of social laws of development. We make ignoble statements possible to fulfill during election campaign. We choose to tell people what they want to hear but not what we ought to tell them. Power is held out of being capable of delivering everything which people ask. Flowing from this, any problem people encounter is deemed to be weakness of people who have deliberately created misery, but no weakness on the part of leadership and societal structures.

Societal development is a continuum of actions and inactions, failures and successes, positives and negatives, throwing up new challenges as problems are solved and new ones emerges. There will always be problems for each generation to solve. Society can only be better understood this way.

The economic problem in this generation is eminent. In particular, we have scores of young men and women who are frustrated and cannot provide their ends meet from society and because of that they display their aggressions on their people. Some become criminals because of dictums of the society. And some by acts of decadence resolve to the martyrdom of people to secure their livelihood.

“All these are traceable to violence entailed in not organizing society in such a way to support their well-being. Unfortunately, lack of understanding of the victims does not permit to trace it to the structure. The young men and women are victims of violence but not violent. The violent is attached to the system.”
On each Independence Day we stereotypically light the “Perpetual Flame”. We often tell the youth that they are the future leaders. Now, this stereotype has misinformed and misled the youth: re-echoing in some of our minds sense entitlement without sense of effort. The contradictory clause, lighting the perpetual flame, conceals the possible application of the need for today tomorrow. We should be told that leadership emerges out of hard work for society. It is a not sweet intoxicating wine, neither is it a rich messenger in a ruling party.

Today, due to galamsey, our rivers are turning into gold, our forests are turning into gold, our waters are turning into gold, our plantains are turning into gold, but our bodies do not have the mechanisms to digest gold. Again, this can be attributed to the dearth of societal understanding.

Perhaps what moral right do the people of Diaso have to brutally take the life of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama? Was he a criminal? Or the mob was the criminal? Indeed, there was a complete violation of social law and there is no moral justification in this dastard situation. But how well do the laws of our society support morality?

When a group of thugs perceived as vigilante group, after being brought before the court of law for an attack at a Regional Coordinating Council resorted to further rampage in a court room to free their 13 colleagues on trial which is an affront on the court and on the judge, they were later on fine for relieve by the court, citing no evidence for prosecution. In this case, there is a perpetuation of violence in our society under a law which does not support morality.

In all, the law and society are the criminals. A law which does not relate to society is no law, and as such a violation of law. For this reason, a law must protect the values of society, defined by the rule of law.

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The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Upper Denkyira West District, Daniel Apiannin, had given indications that the military officers had invaded the area and taken about 80 men hostage, while women and children had been camped in a church situated in the area.

[contextly_sidebar id=”yvOaXear0vgLlWsCi63W3iyJFgf0sFcD”]“I was at the scene, they’ve arrested a lot of men, they’ve beaten a number of them, they’ve camped women and children in a church. What happened when the robbery happened? Didn’t we realize that we need to bring security to come and protect the people?  One person is dead and it is bringing the entire military to the place. This is the country we are living in.”

He added that “I’ve seen it myself, at least I saw about 80 men lined up on the floor. The women and children have been camped in a church. The military people were saying that unless they get their gun, they are not leaving them. I spoke to their commander; I went there with my district police commander, BNI and other security operatives in the district. The security men are saying they will only leave when they retrieve their gun,” the DCE said.

But speaking on Eyewitness News, the Public Relations Officer for the Ghana Armed Forces, Col. Aggrey Quarshie, dismissed these reports, clarifying that the military officers “are not there to threaten anybody.”

While emphasizing that the officers will not brutalize any resident for the said incident, Col Quarshie also explained that,  the officers only visited the area to provide protection for some officers who had been tasked to investigate the incident.

“They are not there to threaten anybody but definitely they will help to provide protection for the investigators. I don’t think the officers will go brutalizing anybody because they have been spoken to. A whole Chief of Army staff has been there so I don’t think the officers will go brutalizing people.”

“Our personnel are still on the ground, they went there to perform a duty and until the task order is withdrawn, they will continue to be there. And that is even the more reason why they need to develop good neighborliness with the people and the people should also understand that they are there in their own interest so they can operate peacefully together,” Col. Quarshie added.

Asked whether the security personnel deployed to the area would retrieve Captain Mahama’s pistol believed to have been taken from him after he was lynched, Col Quarshie responded in the affirmative, saying “Definitely …If they themselves have seen that the man was carrying the pistol , then definitely somebody has the pistol so they need to find the pistol. There are investigators there and so I am sure it will be part of the things they will be looking for.”

Captain Mahama was lynched and burnt by some residents in Diaso, after he was supposedly mistaken for an armed robber.

5 arrested over Capt. Mahama’s gruesome killing

Meanwhile, the Central Regional Police Command has arrested five persons suspected to have taken part in the tragic killing of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama at Diaso, a town near Denkyira-Obuasi.

Confirming the arrest to Citi News, the Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, said police acted on some leads after investigations in the town on Tuesday.

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