Work permit for ballistics expert would be ‘favourably’ considered on arrival

Nigel Hughes

– Home Ministry

The Home Affairs Ministry says that a work permit for an independent ballistics expert will be “favourably considered” once he lands in Guyana but the AFC’s Nigel Hughes while welcoming this move said that there is no guarantee that the integrity of the evidence recovered from the dead and injured thus far has not been compromised.

“I am disappointed that the information came one and a half month after the incident in Linden where we have not been assured (that) the integrity of evidence recovered from the dead and injured have not been compromised given the fact that I had written