The army has announced that it will court martial an officer for his role in criminal attacks on miners in the Cuyuni mining district, and four junior ranks were already disciplined for their involvement.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer and four junior ranks had been charged under military law after they were
positively identified as being present and entering the mining camps at Julian Ross Landing in the Cuyuni, Region Seven, where it was alleged that soldiers were menacing and robbing mining camps.
The Guyana Defence Force’s Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best told Stabroek News yesterday that the ranks were tried summarily and found guilty of breaching the army’s standing orders. “They were charged, some were found guilty of breaches of the army’s standing orders.
The officer will be court martialled very soon