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An Accra High Court Judge, Justice George K. Koomson, yesterday threatened in open Court that he may compel the Editor of The New Crusading GUIDE to disclose the identity of his source of information which was used to publish a story last Monday in which Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings was said to be in a fierce legal fight with Dr. Albert Owusu Barnafo, over a divested state asset. Justice Koomson, presiding over the case at the Commercial Court B, moved a step ahead to prescribe punishment for the Editor should he fail to disclose the source when called upon to do so. �I may compel the Editor to disclose the source of his information and should he fail, I will throw him into jail� The Judge, fully aware that his prescription of a jail sentence for a Journalist who fails to disclose the identity of his source may be challenged, stated that �After jailing him, he can go to the Supreme Court for me to be chastised.� Justice Koomson threw caution to the wind when Sylvia Cudjoe, Counsel for the former First Lady yesterday drew the attention of the Court to a publication by The New Crusading GUIDE in which Albert A Barnafo Jnr, son of Dr. Albert Owusu Barnafo was said to hold a Power of Attorney granted to him to undertake some investigations. The Counsel said her clients were not aware of any Power of Attorney and complained bitterly about the publication. The publication in part read �Meanwhile, contrary to the denial of Mrs. Rawlings and Mr. Appiah-Ampofo that there are any investigations on-going into the affairs of NEWGEN INVESTMENTS LTD in the United Kingdom, the Special Monitoring Desk of The New Crusading GUIDE has sighted HSBC Banking records and documentation/correspondence from the United Kingdom Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and the Serious Organised Crime Agency(SOCA) which clearly show that some investigations are underway following complaints lodged by Dr. Albert Owusu Barnafo and Albert A. Barnafo Jnr., son of the former who holds a Power of Attorney granted to him by NEWGEN INVESTMENTS LTD. Albert A. Barnafo Jnr. of EMC Investment Ltd., UK has been charged among other things, to undertake a comprehensive financial reconciliation and investigation into Newgen Investments Ltd. bank account number 61524259 with bank sort code 40-01-04 (the �HSBC Account�) established at, and held with, HSBC Bank, P/c, 60 Fenchurch Street, London, EC 3M4 BA, United Kingdom�. The lawyer went ahead to accuse the Defendants of leaking the privileged information to this paper, an allegation Barnafo Jnr, denied. It was at that moment that the Judge joined the fray and threatened to drag the Editor of this paper before his Court to disclose the identity of the source of information. Meanwhile, Mrs. Adobea Arnong, wife of the late Edmund Arnong testified in Court yesterday and had a tough time explaining the role of her late husband in the whole business transaction. She was also challenged on what was the true cause of her husband�s death. The case was adjourned to today. Reproduced on page 8 is the story published on Monday, 17th November, 2014. Stay tuned!