A two-week investigation of the allegations that the Joint Services played a role in the deaths of the eight Lindo Creek miners found dead in 2008 did not yield any results, Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) testified on Tuesday, while noting that he was unable to even ascertain the source of the claims.
Heeralall Mackhanlall appeared on Tuesday before the Commission of Inquiry established to investigate the killing of the miners—Cecil Arokium, Dax Arokium, Horace Drakes, Bonny Harry, Lancelot Lee, Compton Speirs, Nigel Torres and Clifton Wong—whose burnt remains were found on June 21st, 2008.
Mackhanlall agreed that by the time the investigations had concluded, he was “unable to eliminate or implicate” the Joint Services’ involvement in the crime.
