Dear Editor,

I refer to your report of Thursday, January 24 2008, in the centre pages, which deals with the police issuing a wanted bulletin for Dataram.

Please be advised that Mr Dataram has not breached the Order of His Honour Mr Justice Jainarayan Singh. The Com-missioner of Police should read and understand the Order made by the court. The Order states that Mr “Barry Dataram report to a police station on Mondays and Fridays of each and every week as directed by the Commissioner of the Police”.

Mr Dataram cannot be held accountable for any breakdown of communication between his ranks and himself. Further the Commissioner of Police being a person admitted to practice law should advise himself as to what constitutes a recognizance and what constitutes a breach of a recognizance. For his easy reference I wish to refer him to Section 21 of the Police Act, Chapter 16:01.

May I take this opportunity to call upon the Guyana Bar Association and those who have taken silk to respond to the letter of Ms Shalimar Ali Hack, Director of Public Prosecutions (ag.) captioned “Justice Jainarayan Singh had no jurisdiction to determine the validity of the Provisional Arrest Warrants” (08.01.22).

Yours faithfully,

V.V. Puran

Attorney-at-Law

Editor’s note

We are sending a copy of this letter to Mr Henry Greene, Commissioner of Police (acting) for any comments he may wish to make.