Is Spy Chief Prem Narine Above The Law?

By Albert Baldeo: Four days after the October 12 shooting on Barr Street, Kitty, Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, his videographer Mario Mohamed and his driver Eugene Thorne stood before a magistrate. A month later, the public still awaits a charging decision about Senior Superintendent Prem Narine, the head of Special Branch. The Guyana Police Force’s own account says Narine heard what he believed was a gunshot and fired several rounds towards their car. Justice must be applied, equally and fairly, to everyone. By the same token, Azruddin Mohamed and his employees must be exonerated by discontinuing their charges. We call on Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, to withdraw the alleged illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and the obstruction charge against all three men immediately. The evidence completely refutes the allegation that they fired at or near Narine’s home to intimidate him as a witness, or threaten him.

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