(Kaieteur News) – Attorney for 81-year-old Nathan Craig and Shariff Zainul, Christopher Ram has put the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) on blast for rejecting pleas to help the two elderly men.

Ram previously highlighted that Craig and Zainul cases illustrate the difficulties faced by contributors who have spent years fighting for pensions they believe they are entitled to.

In a recent statement, Ram outlined that since the publication of his commentary on the NIS, letters were dispatched to the Scheme appealing for urgent and humane relief.

“NIS has cynically and flatly rejected both approaches. That response is difficult to reconcile with the very purpose of social security: to protect contributors when age, illness and incapacity leave them most vulnerable,” he added.

Ram highlighted that Zainul is seriously ill and substantially immobile. He said in Zainul’s case, it was proposed to the Scheme for an interim payment be made without prejudice to NIS’s legal position and fully creditable against whatever might ultimately be found due.  “NIS therefore stood to lose nothing. Yet it refused and directed us to its external counsel, as though the decision were no longer in its hands. It is. Counsel acts on instructions,” Ram added.

As it relates to Craig, Ram outlined that Craig had succeeded before the Appeal Tribunal in October 2023 and NIS appealed five days later under Regulation 12(1) of the National Insurance and Social Security (Determination of Claims and Questions) Regulations and suspended payment.

Ram said the request to NIS for Craig required no concession from NIS. “We sought payment in accordance with the Tribunal’s award and the statutory scheme, subject only to any lawful basis for suspension. Almost three years later, NIS says its own appeal is still awaiting a hearing,” he added.

He underscored that in neither case was NIS being asked to surrender anything. Ram argued that in Zainul’s case, the payment would have been recoverable or creditable and in Craig’s case, the legal team did not ask for any favour, only what the law and the existing award provide and yet NIS chose refusal in both.

Ram pointed out that had it not been for years of administrative mismanagement, staggering incompetence and endless delay, both matters should have been resolved long ago.

He labelled NIS latest response as “callous”, especially in light that photographs of the present condition of both men were shown to the Scheme. “NIS is a social insurance institution. Yet even commercial insurers often show more humanity than NIS has shown these two men. The message conveyed by NIS is stark: we are not moved by your condition and circumstances; if you want relief, take us to court. That is an extraordinary posture for a social security institution dealing with elderly and seriously ill contributors,” Ram added.

Nathan Craig

Craig, of 204 Cedar Street, McKenzie, Linden, worked for Kaieteur Company Limited and later Linden Mining Enterprise Limited from 1990 to 2003. During that period, he made more than the 750 contributions required to qualify for an old-age pension.

According to Ram, NIS rejected his claim, prompting him to appeal on 29th September, 2010. The matter remained before the NIS Appeal Tribunal for 13 years before it was finally heard on 28th October, 2023. The Tribunal ruled in Craig’s favour.

Nathan Craig, 81, still awaits his NIS pension.

NIS wrote to Craig on 18th December, 2023, informing him that he had won the appeal. In the same letter, however, the Scheme said it was dissatisfied with the decision and would take the matter to the National Insurance Commissioner.

Ram said that since then, NIS has produced no decision cancelling the Tribunal’s ruling and has not paid Craig his pension. According to Ram, the only reason given by NIS is that some of Craig’s contributions were paid after he turned 60. Ram argues that the responsibility for making those payments rested with Craig’s employer and that the pensioner should not be made to bear the consequences. Craig, now 81, remains unpaid and, according to Ram, is forced to take on small manual jobs despite his age.

Shariff Zainul

Zainul’s case is similarly prolonged. Zainul worked and paid NIS contributions from 1969 to 2001 and turned 60 on 16th October, 2011. Ram said NIS initially recorded that Zainul had 374 contributions, then 426 and later 453, without explaining the changes. Instead of receiving a pension, Zainul was paid two one-off grants of $9,869 and $14,549.

A bed-ridden Shariff Zainul.

At the centre of his case are 354 disputed contributions which, according to the evidence presented, were deducted from his wages by Toolsie Persaud Ltd. but were not remitted to NIS. Zainul produced payslips, a letter from the company’s former Personnel Officer and sworn statements from two former co-workers whom NIS itself accepted had worked at the company.

NIS nevertheless rejected the evidence and relied on its own contribution records. Those records did not include 1994, despite NIS acknowledging that it had Zainul’s payslips for that year. Justice Damone Younge subsequently found the records to be wrong or incomplete. She also described NIS contribution records as having become notorious for being unreliable and raised concerns about employers’ failure to remit contributions at the expense of workers. She ordered NIS to pay Zainul’s pension from his 60th birthday.

NIS appealed, and on 26th January, 2024, the Full Court overturned that decision and sent the matter back for rehearing. Fifteen years after reaching pension age, Zainul still has no pension and, according to Ram, is now bedridden.

Source: Kaieteur News

(Kaieteur News) – The call for renewal within the PPP is essentially a call for the removal of the oligarchy which now controls that party and dominates state policy. But to posit, in the same breadth that a political party exists principally to win elections is a different proposition altogether.

A political party is not a racing horse whose purpose is to cross the finishing line first. It is an organisation created to give political expression to ideas about the country: what the State is for, how power should be exercised, what obligations government owes to citizens, what kind of society is desirable and what limits should be placed upon those who govern. Winning is the mechanism by which those ideas acquire power. It is not, by itself, the purpose of the exercise.

If the purpose of a party is to win elections, then a party that wins by promising one thing and then governing by another has technically achieved its electoral purpose. But it has not necessarily achieved a political purpose. A party can win repeatedly and become increasingly hollow. Indeed, longevity can conceal decay. The machinery may continue to function long after the reason for its existence has become obscure.

In the same way, leadership is not merely the ability to win, retain office or command an organisation. It is also the ability to impose limits upon oneself and upon one’s followers. A leader is tested not only when he can obtain power, but when power becomes inconvenient. Can he hear disagreement? Can the organisation remove him? Can he acknowledge error? Can he permit institutions to operate independently of his wishes? Can he subordinate personal survival to the longer life of the party?

These are  among the elementary tests of political leadership. The great danger in political organisations is that success begins to be confused with virtue. A leader wins, therefore his methods are presumed justified. He remains in office, therefore his continued presence is treated as evidence of indispensability. The party survives, therefore the arrangements that sustain it are declared necessary. Eventually the organisation ceases to distinguish between the party and the person who controls it.

This is how political institutions become personal estates without anyone having formally announced that this is what has happened. There is a weakness also in the argument treats ideology as existing as though it exists only when a party has printed its name upon a particular political doctrine. The removal of Marxism-Leninism and socialism from a party constitution does not create an ideological vacuum. It merely removes the old vocabulary.

Politics does not occur in a vacuum. Every government makes choices about property, taxation, public expenditure, regulation, welfare, labour, investment, foreign capital, race, class and the distribution of opportunity. Those choices reveal an ideology whether or not the party has the courage or inclination to call it one. An undeclared ideology is still an ideology. A party may say that it is pragmatic. It may say that it has moved beyond old doctrines. It may say that it is simply concerned with development, growth and the welfare of the people. But these words do not absolve it from explaining what kind of development, whose growth and by what means the welfare is to be achieved. There is an almost childlike faith in the idea that if ideological language disappears, ideology itself has disappeared. It is rather like removing the label from a bottle and announcing that the liquid inside has become neutral.

The more interesting question is therefore not whether a party declares an ideology, but what its conduct reveals about the principles by which it distributes power and opportunity. If wealth accumulates rapidly around political connections, that is political philosophy in practice. If the State increasingly becomes the instrument through which favoured groups obtain access to contracts, land, employment or influence, that too is political philosophy in practice. If political loyalty becomes the route to public resources, one does not need a chapter entitled “Patronage” in the constitution. The practice is the doctrine.

And here the test of leadership becomes severe. A serious political leader must be able to recognise when the methods that produced yesterday’s victory are producing tomorrow’s defeat. More importantly, he must be capable of changing those methods even when they benefit him personally.

That is the test the electoral arithmetic cannot supply. The electorate can determine who governs. It cannot, by voting alone, make a party democratic internally, make a leader self-limiting, or give an organisation an ideology it does not possess. Those things have to be created within the political organisation itself. The deepest weakness, then, is not that a party may lack a declared ideology. Parties can survive ideological transformations. History is full of them. The deeper weakness is the possibility that the party has ceased to ask what it is for. Once that question disappears, politics becomes administration in the service of survival. The slogans remain. The flags remain. The crowds remain. Elections remain. Even the language of national service remains. Only the purpose has gone. And when purpose disappears from a political party, victory can become the most dangerous form of failure: the machinery continues to win while nobody can quite say what the winning is meant to achieve.

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper)

Source: Kaieteur News

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s cricket is set to receive a major boost with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Lahore Qalandars of the Pakistan Super League.

The Lahore Qalandars is the most successful team in PSL winning three PSL Championships (2022, 2023, and 2025).

Owner and Team Director of the Lahore Qalandars, Mr. Sameen Rana, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Charles Ramson, M.P., and Minister within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Steven Jacobs, M.P., after the signing of the MOU.

The MOU, signed by the Owner and Team Director of the Lahore Qalandars, Mr. Sameen Rana, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Charles Ramson, M.P., and Minister within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Steven Jacobs, M.P., establishes a framework for cooperation in high-performance cricket, athlete and coach development, technical exchange, and international collaboration.

Under the framework, the Guyana Cricket Board will serve as the Ministry’s principal technical partner, providing technical expertise and support in the development and implementation of cricket-related programmes and initiatives.

Owner and Team Director of the Lahore Qalandars, Mr. Sameen Rana and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Charles Ramson, M.P. sign the agreement while Minister within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Steven Jacobs, M.P. looks on.

The collaboration will provide opportunities for player and coach exchanges, high-performance training, coaching education, talent identification, and the sharing of technical knowledge and expertise. It also provides for the potential establishment of joint cricket camps, coaching clinics, youth development programmes, women’s cricket initiatives, and other activities aimed at strengthening cricket at all levels.

A key focus of the partnership will be the exchange of technical expertise and international best practices. This will strengthen Guyana’s capacity to develop and sustain high-performance cricket pathways, while providing athletes and coaches with greater exposure to international standards, methodologies, and practice.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport continues to pursue strategic international partnerships that advance talent development for Guyanese athletes and coaches, strengthen the country’s sporting systems, and contribute to the continued growth and international competitiveness of Guyana’s sport.

Source: Kaieteur News

…as IDB targets infrastructure gap

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is among 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries showcasing more than 110 transportation investment projects valued at over US$65 billion as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group seeks to accelerate infrastructure development across the region.

The projects were presented at the LAC Transport Forum 2026 in Miami, bringing together government representatives and private-sector leaders to mobilise financing and improve the scale, quality and delivery of major transportation projects.

Guyana’s participation places the country alongside Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Suriname in discussions aimed at attracting investment into the region’s transport infrastructure.

According to a press release from the IDB, the forum comes as Latin America and the Caribbean faces a massive infrastructure deficit. The IDB estimates that the region needs to invest about 3.5 per cent of its gross domestic product annually through 2030—more than US$1.6 trillion—to close the gap. More than US$630 billion of that requirement is expected to be needed for transportation.

For Guyana, the push comes amid an unprecedented expansion of infrastructure spending, with major investments in roads, bridges, highways, drainage and connectivity being undertaken as the country seeks to transform its transportation network.

The IDB said the region also faces significant inefficiencies in the way infrastructure investments are planned and executed, estimating that one out of every two dollars allocated to infrastructure is lost through inefficiencies. IDB Group President Ilan Goldfajn said investment performance could be improved substantially without increasing public spending. “We can improve the performance of infrastructure investments by up to 35% without increasing public spending,” Goldfajn said. “The goal is more and better infrastructure, and greater impact for people.”

The forum also featured an extensive round of meetings between governments and private companies, aimed at connecting projects with potential investors and service providers. The IDB used the forum to launch Transport Delivers, a regional platform designed to improve the quality, transparency and competitiveness of transportation infrastructure investment.

The platform will support reforms under the IDB’s Procure+ initiative, focusing on project planning, bidding and contracting. According to the IDB, greater competition in procurement can produce significant savings. Each additional bidder is associated with average price reductions of between 2 per cent and 8 per cent, while considering quality alongside price can reduce the total cost of infrastructure assets over their useful lives by between 5 per cent and 20 per cent.

Transport Delivers has already secured US$2.5 million in contributions from Spain and Japan and is seeking a further US$10 million from donors over the next five years. The initiative aims to improve the conditions for approximately US$20 billion in transportation investments across the region.

The IDB said the projects being advanced through the forum are intended to strengthen connectivity, competitiveness and regional integration, while encouraging greater private-sector participation. For Guyana, where billions of dollars in infrastructure projects are being rolled out against the backdrop of rapid economic growth, the emphasis on competitive procurement, project planning and value for money could have significant implications for how future transport investments are financed and delivered.

Source: Kaieteur News

(Kaieteur News) – Golf continues to make significant strides in Guyana’s education system, with 302 Guyanese secondary school students choosing Golf as their Physical Education elective at the 2026 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

The students produced an outstanding 98% Grade One pass rate, continuing a remarkable trend of academic success since Golf was introduced as a CSEC Physical Education elective in 2022.

Anna Regina Secondary School emerged as the school with the largest number of students electing to pursue Golf, highlighting the growing popularity of the sport outside of Georgetown and demonstrating the expanding national reach of the school golf programme.

Over 300 students teed off for top marks as part of this year’s CSEC PE Golf elective.

GGA President Aleem Hussain said the 2026 results demonstrate what can happen when students are given access to quality coaching, facilities and a structured pathway to learn the game, “We are extremely proud of these 302 students and the 98% Grade One success rate. It is evidence that our young people are embracing golf, developing discipline and confidence, and recognizing that golf can be part of their educational and professional future.”

He added, ” GGA’s vision has always been to take golf beyond its traditional boundaries. When we started developing school golf, we wanted to change the perception that golf was a sport only for a particular group of people. Today, we are seeing students from communities across Guyana choosing golf and succeeding at it. We want to see the day when every Guyanese has the opportunity to experience golf. The CSEC programme is helping us move closer to that goal.”

At the centre of Guyana’s golf development programme is the collaboration between the Guyana Golf Association, Nexgen Golf Academy and Westside Golf Course, which has helped create a pathway from the classroom to the golf course. Westside Golf Course is the only training and competition venue for young golfers, providing students with access to a modern golf facility where they can develop their skills in a practical environment.

Nexgen Golf Academy has also played a central role in introducing young people to golf through coaching, school programmes, competitions and structured player development.

The programme has expanded significantly since its early beginnings, with golf being introduced to thousands of students across Guyana and teachers receiving training to help deliver golf within the school environment.

From students picking up a golf club for the first time to young players competing at national junior tournaments, the programme is creating opportunities for persons who may never previously have considered golf.

Source: Kaieteur News

(Kaieteur News) – The lush greens of the Lusignan Golf Club provided the perfect setting on Sunday, September 27, as the National Top Flight Golf League (NTFGL) continued Tour #3 with an exciting Round 2, sponsored by Promotech and Genuine Auto Spares and Tools.

Under bright sunshine and ideal playing conditions, golfers took to the course eager to test their skills, sharpen their games and build momentum as the tournament progresses. The course was in excellent condition, providing a challenging yet enjoyable test for the players, with the dedicated ground crew, led by Brian Hackett, receiving special thanks for their continued work in maintaining the playing surface.

Newcomer Oliver Downes is the latest winner in the Promotech, Genuine Auto Spares and Tools NTFGL Tour #3 Golf Tournament.

The competition produced some impressive scores, with newcomer Oliver Downes emerging as the day’s top performer. Downes carded a net 71, including a net 32 on the back nine, to claim top honours and collect 10 valuable points.

Another new member, George Bulkan, finished with a net 72 but endured two tiebreakers during the day. He first lost the front-nine tiebreaker to Joseph Szeplaki, who secured two points with a net 35. Bulkan later faced another tiebreaker for second place after matching Mike Mangal’s net 72. Mangal prevailed to claim second place and five points, while Bulkan settled for third and three points.

The battle for fourth and fifth was equally competitive, with Patrick Prashad and Ian Gouveia both posting net 74. Prashad’s net 35 on the back nine secured the tiebreaker and earned him two points, while Gouveia collected one point.

With 10 players already earning points in the third round, the standings are beginning to take shape. Downes leads with 10 points, followed by Chet Bowling and Mangal on eight each, while Videsh Persaud has five.

The excitement continues on Sunday, October 4, when golfers return to the lush fairways for the next round, with players expected to step up their practice and competition as Tour #3 intensifies.

Source: Kaieteur News

(Kaieteur News) – An 18-year-old of Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, is now in police custody after ranks found a Glock 19 pistol and 13 matching live rounds of ammunition in his possession.

The discovery was made on Monday, 28^th September, 2026, at about 23:30hrs in the vicinity of Robb and Bourda Streets, Bourda, Georgetown.

Preliminary investigations revealed that ranks were conducting a mobile patrol along Robb Street when they heard a loud explosion, suspected to be a gunshot, and observed a small gathering of persons in the vicinity of Robb and Bourda Streets.

As the ranks approached, they observed a male running south along Bourda Street. The ranks pursued and apprehended him.

A search was conducted on the teen, during which the Glock 19 pistol and 13 matching live rounds of ammunition were discovered.

Source: Kaieteur News

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the capsizing and sinking of the MV Barima has invited survivors, relatives of victims, witnesses and other persons with relevant information to apply for standing in the proceedings.

The Commission issued a public notice on Tuesday advising persons wishing to participate in the Inquiry to contact its Secretary, Javed Shaddick, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Applications will be considered by the Commission, which may grant standing to persons who meet specified criteria.

According to the notice, standing may be granted where an applicant played, or may have played, a direct and significant role in matters being investigated, or possesses relevant evidence or information.

The Commission will also consider applications from persons with a substantial, personal or direct interest in the subject matter, including witnesses, survivors and family members of victims.
Persons who may be subject to significant criticism during the proceedings or in the Commission’s final report may also qualify for standing.

Additionally, the Commission may grant standing where it determines that a person’s participation would assist it in fulfilling its terms of reference. Persons wishing to apply have been asked to contact Shaddick at presidentialcommissiongy@gmail.com or 592-674-7473.

The Commission’s invitation comes as preparations continue for the commencement of public hearings into the July 18 sinking of the MV Barima.

Guyana Times on September 3 reported that the Commission said it was working to commence the Inquiry later this month.
The five-member Commission, appointed on July 30, is chaired by Belizean Justice Godfrey Phillip Smith and includes Captain Hamada Fouda of Jamaica, Trinidadian Attorney-at-Law Nyree Dawn Alfonso, Dr Andrzej Jasionowski of Poland and Rear Admiral (Retired) Hayden Pritchard of Trinidad and Tobago.

Since their appointment, the Commissioners have conducted a preliminary in-person survey of the accident site, identified the ACCC as the venue for public hearings and established a Secretariat to provide administrative, research and logistical support. The Commission has also been obtaining information from public institutions, including the Maritime Administration (MARAD), Transport and Harbours Department (THD) and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard.
It has begun a preliminary analysis of documents concerning the vessel’s seaworthiness, the conditions under which it sailed and crew operations during the voyage

The Commission has also been compiling a list of potential witnesses and preparing a preliminary schedule for interviews.
Rules of Procedure are being finalised to govern the conduct of the Inquiry, with the Commission stating that the rules are intended to ensure that the proceedings are open, transparent, orderly, fair and effective.
The MV Barima left Port Georgetown on July 18 with about 179 persons onboard, bound for Port Kaituma, Region One, when it capsized and sank off the Essequibo Coast.
Seventy-six persons survived, while 73 deaths have been confirmed and 30 people remain unaccounted for, according to information provided following the tragedy.
Three crew members, including the captain, have been charged and remanded on 72 counts of murder.
President Dr Irfaan Ali subsequently appointed the Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy and submit its findings, observations and recommendations to the Government.
Meanwhile, the Government has been providing support to survivors and affected families through the Hope, Empathy, Aid, Resilience and Trust (HEART) initiative.
Efforts are also underway to salvage the sunken vessel, with the Government having received several Expressions of Interest for the operation.

Source: INews Guyana

By Travis Chase | HGP Nightly News |

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — A serving female Police Inspector has lodged grave criminal allegations of sexual assault, coercion, and repeated death threats against Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Fizal Karimbaksh.

The female officer has submitted an official sworn statement to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) detailing multiple non-consensual sexual encounters and alleged armed threats spanning several years.

Despite being in formal possession of the sworn criminal complaint against one of the highest-ranking executive commanders in the organization, the Guyana Police Force has maintained total public silence—continuing a contentious pattern of institutional non-disclosure observed in recent high-profile misconduct and officer-involved shooting investigations.

Allegations of Assault: From Eve Leary Quarters to International Training

According to the Inspector’s formal statement, the pattern of alleged abuse began in 2019 after she initially sought Karimbaksh’s administrative guidance regarding her recruitment application to join the Guyana Police Force:

• The 2019 Eve Leary Quarters Incident: The Inspector alleges that during a subsequent encounter, Karimbaksh collected her from her home and drove to his official police living quarters at Eve Leary, Georgetown. She states that Karimbaksh engaged in sexual intercourse with her despite her explicitly communicating that she did not consent.
• The “Marked Bullet” Death Threat: She further alleges that Karimbaksh established coercive control through severe intimidation, repeatedly threatening that if she ever attempted to terminate their relationship, he would “mark” a bullet with her name and shoot her directly in the head.
• The April 2023 Argentina Assignment: The officer claims the violations extended abroad while both were attending an official overseas law enforcement training programme in Argentina in April 2023. She alleges Karimbaksh entered her hotel room uninvited and once again engaged in non-consensual sexual intercourse. When she reiterated her intent to end the relationship, she alleges another explicit death threat followed.
• The September 2024 Armed Standoff: Her statement details an armed confrontation outside the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Brickdam, Georgetown, in September 2024. The Inspector alleges that Karimbaksh drew and pointed a firearm at her during a dispute, prompting her to draw her own service-issued weapon in self-defense before he lowered his gun and drove off from the scene.

Ministerial Disclosure, Retaliatory Transfer Concerns, and GPF Silence

The Inspector stated that acute fear for her personal safety and career survival prevented her from formally reporting the senior commander’s actions earlier.

The trajectory of the complaint escalated in late September 2026:

• Report to Home Affairs Minister: The Inspector disclosed that on September 20, 2026, she broke her silence and reported the comprehensive allegations directly to the Minister of Home Affairs.
• Reassignment Within 72 Hours: Exactly three days later, on September 23, 2026, the female officer was transferred from her duty station, raising immediate questions regarding workplace protection, victim safeguarding, and administrative retaliation.
• GPF Institutional Silence: Although the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and executive command have received her formal statement, the administration has issued no official release, announced no interdiction or administrative leave for the Deputy Commissioner, nor confirmed whether a formal probe has commenced under the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

History of Complaints and No Comment from Karimbaksh

The revelations mark the second time Deputy Commissioner Karimbaksh has faced high-profile misconduct allegations from female ranks:

• The 2021 Recruits Scandal: In 2021, three female police recruits lodged formal sexual harassment complaints against Karimbaksh. Karimbaksh strenuously denied those accusations at the time, publicly dismissing the complaints as coordinated, “trumped up” smears.
• Executive Silence: HGP Nightly News contacted Deputy Commissioner Karimbaksh directly, affording him an opportunity to respond to the specific allegations outlined in the Inspector’s sworn statement. At the time of broadcast, Karimbaksh had not responded to telephone calls or messages.

Legal advocates and civil society groups are monitoring the matter to observe whether the executive command will initiate an independent criminal investigation, refer the docket to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), or maintain its blackout on senior officer conduct.

Source: HGP Nightly News / HGPTV

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