Suhum (E/R), Sept. 24, GNA - MacLean Atuah, the 33-year-old driver, who was allegedly beaten to death by some members of a military and police patrol team at Suhum, was at the weekend buried at the Suhum Public Cemetery.

The burial was attended by a large crowd of people, mainly drivers; representative of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union in the Eastern Region; other private transport unions; members of care dealers' associations, market women and sympathisers.

Opanyin Wofa Yaw, head of the bereaved family, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the death of Atuah was a big blow to the family since he was the sole breadwinner of the pregnant wife and his mother. He, however, expressed the family's appreciation for the efforts of the Minister of the Interior, Mr Kwamena Bartels and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Patrick Acheampong, for their initiatives to console the family.

Wofa Yaw commended the Police Administration for releasing three million cedis towards the payment of the mortuary bills and also providing an ambulance and a bus to convey the deceased and the family members from Accra to Suhum.

Present at the funeral was the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District Chief Executive, Mr Michael Kofi Mensah and Deputy Superintendent of Police Mr S. Y. Amoako, Suhum District Police Commander.