Once again the sword of the Government has hit our intellectuals. The November 17, 1985 issue of the Talking Drums reported the mysterious arrest of an undergraduate of the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, a sixth- form student, a laboratory Technologist, a graduate in Law, Economics and Politics from the Buckingham University and an ex-serviceman.

Up till now the reasons for their arrest and their whereabouts are not known. If the P.N.D.C government should continue to try to get rid of our few intellectuals on whose shoulders the future of the country rests, then where is the country heading towards.

The controversy of the sudden arrest and murder of our three high court judges and a retired army officer about three and a half years ago is still fresh in our memory, and history seems to be repeating itself. The final Special Investigations Board report on the case which was refuted by the Attorney General, George Aikins is also still on record.

This is a clear evidence of the fact that the unlawful arrest and detention of individuals still continues and only that of those who are prominent or are related to prominent people are published. If three of the arrested people did not happen to be relatives of Major Boakye Djan, chair- man of the Campaign for Democracy in Ghana, who would have heard of this case. In any case, we pray that the arrested people may still be alive.

 It is high time Rawlings tried to achieve his objectives after four years and stop arresting innocent people for the mere reason that they are related to his political opponents.

Ebenezer Amoh, West Germany