Dear Editor,
Vishnu Bisram’s letter captioned ‘Was I targeted at airport because of my activism’ (SN 21/4/2016) does not surprise anyone, as he is an attention seeker.
Bisram said he was subjected to a secondary screening; and it was not clear why he was subjected to one. This man, I believe lives in the USA, where secondary screening is par for the course. My wife, my son and I have been subjected to secondary screening several times. We never felt that during the PPP/C administration, this was due to the fact that I was a serving Member of Parliament, or a past MP representing the PNCR. We simply took it in stride that the immigration and customs officers were doing their work.
I doubt whether most of the immigration officers or customs officers know who Vishnu Bisram is or care for that matter. If Bisram was bringing what appears to be goods of a commercial quantity then he should pay the relevant duties.
The goodly gentleman then complains that when he was departing Guyana his ‘belongings were again subjected to a thorough search by CANU’. Chill out Mr. Bisram!
Two months ago, while I was on my way out of Guyana, I was picked out by the said CANU, who did a full examination of my suitcase, briefcase and carry on piece. They recorded on a form my name, ticket number, intended destination etc. Should I conclude that the coalition government directed that search?
Bisram’s wildness knows no bounds; he concludes that ‘Overseas-based political activists and commentators should not have to worry that they are being targeted when they visit their homeland’. Bisram then asks David Hinds for his views on the Bisram experience!
Lord, this man is idle! His experience could not have been political. But wait, is Bisram a political activist? I thought he was an international pollster. So now that he has let the cat out of the bag, it can be concluded that all those supposed polls he published, must be viewed and analysed for what they were – deliberate tools to influence the public in voting in a particular way in support of Bisram’s party.
The old folks words of wisdom ‘give a dog or a goat a long rope and it will choke itself’, applies to Bisram.
Yours faithfully,
Jerome Khan