File for DPP over escape of Akeem Wong from Mazaruni prison

A file has been completed and will be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice to ascertain whether any prison officers are criminally culpable for the escape of Akeem Wong who  is now being sought in relation to a double murder.

A joint services team is still searching for Wong.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News yesterday  that the prison officers were initially contacted and questioned by investigators and later released. However, a file has been completed and will be forwarded to the DPP for legal advice.