AFC seeking higher compensation for families of Lindeners killed in protest

The Alliance For Change (AFC) will be approaching the government to ask for an increase in the amount of compensation that was recommended for the relatives of the three men who died when police opened fire on protestors at Linden on July 18 last year.

The amounts recommended for Shemroy Bouyea, Allan Lewis and Ron Somerset by the five-member commission set up to investigate the events of that day were $3M, $3M and $2M respectively.

There has been growing criticism over the amounts which some believe are totally