Miners group denounces police brutality at Marudi

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) yesterday condemned the actions of the police who brutally assaulted persons, including a woman and her child, on a trail at Marudi, in Region Nine, saying that the actions were “excessive” and “unnecessary.”

In a statement issued, the GGDMA said the “mistreatment” of miners and fellow citizens by a few members of the police force “cannot be condoned, regardless of the circumstances….”

The statement came in wake of the growing outrage stirred up by a YouTube video,