The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) probe into claims by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) MP Nigel Dharamlall that a resident of Yupukari, Region 9 was tortured during investigations of an unauthorised Cessna plane there, found the allegations to be false.
“The GDF categorically states that at no time were any of it ranks involved in any such activity, as was previously reported in the media,” the army said in statement on Thursday, following the probe.
Chief of Staff of the GDF, Brigadier Mark Phillips, had told Stabroek News that he became aware of the allegations through a Facebook post by Dharamlall and does not know where the PPP/C MP got the information. Nonetheless, he immediately ordered that an investigation be done “so that we can get down to this whole allegation.”
