Dear Editor,
I salute Mr Dorian Massay for bringing to light the horrible plight of the Nepalese in the Brickdam lockups, and Mr Simon Williams picking up where he left off.
After 99 days in the lockups, I implore the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Clement Rohee, to intervene immediately and have Mr Rajan Karki released from jail, and take the necessary steps to deport him. And I plead with President Bharrat Jagdeo to also take an interest in this case and have the man released from the dungeon.
I have travelled to Nepal several times.
The Nepalese people are some of the most gentle and generous people on earth. It is unfortunate that Mr Karki found himself without ‘proper’ papers in our national real estate. Think, however, what would have happened to the Guyanese nation if all the Guyanese abroad were meted out similar treatment for being in the country for not having ‘proper’ papers!
A few years ago a policeman from Brickdam related to me that an Indian national was in similar circumstances (in the lockups) for almost two weeks. He was literally going crazy, as he stood out as a foreigner since his language was not ‘Guyanese,’ and he was not used to the food and culture of his fellow jailers. The most terrifying thing about his situation was that he knew no one in Guyana, and no one knew that he was in jail in the country. Thank God he was able to get a contact from the Indian High Commission in Georgetown.
Mr Rohee might also want to find out if other foreigners are in similar circumstances in jails in the country.
Yours faithfully,
Devanand Bhagwan
