“I am being penalized for doing what I know to be right,” this is the lament of Corporal Quacy Baveghems.
Baveghems who is attached to the City Constabulary has been sent on administration leave after reporting an alleged case of rape by another officer. Town Clerk Royston King however maintains that Baveghems is guilty of “dereliction” of duty.
Speaking with Stabroek News yesterday Baveghems maintained that having failed to record the events in the Station log is not an offence that warrants dismissal. He further stressed that Town Clerk Royston King does not have the power to discipline him under the Municipal and District Council’s Act.
