Dear Editor,
I refer to the article on page 19 of the Stabroek News of Thursday, July 26 headlined, ‘APNU leads “Day of Mourning” demonstrations in city,’ where Region 10 Chairman Sharma Soloman was quoted as saying, “I think there is one law that applies to the people of Linden and one that applies to the people of Albion because I have seen persons blocking roads in Albion, which impedes the flow of traffic, and nobody has been killed so far.”
Editor, I do not know the age of Mr Soloman; I understand he is a young man, but I would like to advise him that if he does not know the facts, he should not distort or rewrite history.
The statement he made is far from the truth. The truth is that the protest at Albion was sparked by the numerous armed robberies and kick-down-the-door banditry that the hapless sugar workers had to endure at that time without any help or response from the police.
And when the workers rose up and were protesting in front of the Albion Police Station, they were shot at by the police resulting in one man being killed and many injured.
And the name of that man is Mohamed Shamshudeen.
Mr Solomon should not make this thing out to be something racial, because in Guyana when the police are under siege, they will shoot at anyone, whether they are Indian or African.
Yours faithfully,
Imtiaz Baccus
