Various stakeholders in Berbice are calling for an immediate, independent investigation after recent allegations against a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) leader-ship, who has been accused of running corruption rackets in ‘B’ Division (Berbice) aided by some junior ranks.
President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce, Mohammed Raffik, said the fact that ranks were brave enough to break their silence to journalists means that they are thoroughly disgusted at what has been taking place. “And if the police hierarchy don’t support them and if the Public Security Ministry don’t support them, then we are looking at a situation where all kinds of things can go on in the Force and nobody would be there to police the Force itself,” he said.
“Our chamber is calling on the Ministry of Public Security and the minister himself to have an independent probe into this matter,” Raffik added. “This cannot be done by the police themselves. We are calling on the minister to launch an independent probe into these allegations and these allegations must not be investigated by the police,” he emphasised.
