Following an investigation ordered by the Office of the President, a detective from the Guyana Police Force yesterday questioned the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of Stabroek News, Anand Persaud and a driver attached to the newspaper on a visit by reporters to the National Intelligence Centre (NIC) in the compound of Castellani House.
After interviewing the EiC, the police intercepted the vehicle used in the visit to the NIC on Middle Street and ordered the driver to go to Police Headquarters, Eve Leary where he was made to give a statement without the benefit of counsel.
Persaud yesterday condemned the commandeering of the vehicle and the manner in which the driver was treated saying these tactics were more akin to a