Over one week after he said young women should dress morally acceptable to prevent the commission of rape and following three days of protest actions coupled with a public outcry, Commander of A Division Clifton Hicken has apologized for his statement.
The commander’s apology—issued through the Guyana Police Force’s Public Relations Depart-ment—also came shortly after Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud met a group of protestors, who had taken their third day of protest action to his Eve Leary office, and apologized for the commander’s utterance.
“Divisional Commander ‘A’ Division, Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken, wishes to apologise to all members of the Guyanese society who have been negatively affected by his comments made in relation to the offence of rape…,” the press release said.
It described his comments as being “unfortunate and a “bad choice of words” since he like every other member of the force “understands rape to be a violent act of power and aggression by the perpetrator on a weaker person.
“Rapists are criminals who ought to be treated as such,
