Guyana police will find assailants in overnight crimes, says president
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| Published on Saturday, November 7, 2009 | Email To Friend Print Version
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Deeply concerned about the spate of overnight crimes in Guyana involving, murder, abduction and arson in the early hours of Wednesday morning, President Bharrat Jagdeo vowed that those responsible will be pursued and caught.
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| Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo. AFP PHOTO |
Speaking at the press conference on Friday at the Office of the President, the Head of State said the security forces are going after criminals who are operating with high powered weapons and have links with masterminds locally and in the United States of America.
Investigations after the Ministry of Health fire revealed that one of the perpetrators before and after initiating the fire on the building, made calls to a number in the US. That same number, the President said, surfaced in the past when Buxton was the centre of attention in crime upsurges.
Assistance has been sought from the US government in the investigation and Jagdeo reiterated his appeal two weeks ago when he met with a few US officials. Included in the list of requests were information on the spy equipment and Roger Khan.
Speaking to the media on Friday, the president said his concerns, which he made known to the US officials, were about the pressing demands that the US would have made on Guyana if a similar situation had occurred in that country.
“Can you imagine if someone in Guyana had made a call to the US to someone just before he burned a federal building in the United States of America, what kind of pressure we would be under here in Guyana to find the person and deliver them? In fact you would have a swarm of FBI agents coming here. It we are on this partnership to fight terrorism and we talk about a symmetrical sharing of information, why can’t we, months after this fire get some help?” Jagdeo noted.
Naming the Private Sector Commission, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) and the opposition political parties, President Jagdeo urged that civil society to condemn the spate of criminal activities, just as they have been condemning the recent torture of the 14-year-old detainee
“I don’t see the same level of condemnation, and those who urge the same level of international and independent audits or probes should also call for international cooperation in this regard, but they are very silent on some of these things and we cannot have double standard in this society,” Jagdeo said. | | | | Reads : 473 | | | |
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