Overstatement of police killings is political ruse -Home Ministry

The Ministry of Home Affairs says it is convinced that Leader of the Opposition David Granger’s recent claim that there were 288 police killings over the past 17 years is politically-motivated and part of an ongoing political campaign against Minister Clement Rohee.

“This campaign has since been widened to include ‘a pattern of behaviour’ and ‘failure in portfolio responsibility’ as excuses to justify the on-going campaign of non-cooperation with and vilification of the Minister of Home Affairs,” the Ministry said in a statement yesterday,