Dear Editor,
The crime situation
is frightening. Many trained
people seem to be involved. The Ministry of Home
Affairs need to urgently look at the rapid decline
of law and order. Indifference and negligence will
eventually lead to complete chaos. This is a time
bomb in the hands of the Government and Guyanese
will give up on their hope and tolerance against the
killing of innocent people for there is only so much
people will be able to tolerate.
Criminals create fear and terror in every
Guyanese home, living in Guyana is like a virtual
hell due to fear. Police indifference to respond in
cases of emergency is the worst in the Caribbean and
West Indies.
There are organised crime gangs with trained
people spearheading these attacks when, where, how
and whom. A man in the street with no training would
know this.
The brutality is indescribable. Innocent rice
farmers, businessmen and women, fishermen, labourers,
clerics, the young and the old are subjected to the
worst humiliation, torture, pain, fear and death.
Shame on this government that nothing is being done
to alleviate the fear of its citizens.
In India, there are railway police, airport
police and the regular police working together to
combat crime in places where people are vulnerable
to attacks. As such tourism in India is very high
and people feel relatively safe to move with much
freedom.
In Guyana the gover-nment will have to
unconditionally implement some patterns of crime
control taken from other countries in order to
combat the scourge of drugs and crime. The present
police force are inefficient, indisciplined and in
some cases corrupt.
Yours faithfully,
Shiva Sankar
