By Jeff Trotman
Kwakwani logger Charles Thom, who encouraged the protest that saw the blockading of the road at Ituni, has publicly apologised for the clash between residents and police.
Thom made the apology while addressing a public meeting at the Kwakwani Workers Club on Thursday evening.
The meeting was called by the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council in response to police actions on Tuesday that included arresting fifteen people at Ituni, including a 14-year-old boy as the police removed a roadblock, which was set up by bus drivers plying the Kwakwani/Linden road along with Kwakwani and Ituni residents in protest at the poor state of the road.
Thom disclosed that he had been released on self-bail and although he had not yet been charged,